Title: Pendragon Sword Of His Father (15)
Year: 2008
Running Time: 122 minutes
Director: Chad Burns
Cast: Aaron Burns (Artos), Marilyn Mooney (Wenneveria), Chad Burns (Lailoken) Notes: None
Rating: 2
Thoughts: Artos is captured by the Saxons when he is young and later escapes before finding refuge under King Ambrosius.
He becomes a strong warrior and the subject of another's jealousy. Framed for murder he is left questioning his God. This is a piece by the Burns family. Direction, acting, music, on set sandwiches, everything. They even have their own studio. And this is intended as a Christian tale, a man's faith put to the test. The main observation is that it is quite clunky. There are a number of continuity jumps that feel awkward and none of that is helped by the below par acting. I don't care that it's a family affair until that gets in the way of quality - the director needs to be sterner. And the acting needs to be a lot better. It's a shame as the premise isn't the worst. But this has nothing to do with Pendragon or Artos/Arthur. That's just used to give it appeal so that people might get swept up in this simple tale of tested Christian faith.