Fantasy adventure with a touch of Lord of the Rings.
Generally speaking, I don't review this sort of fairy tale stuff, but I do review modern adventure movies with a retro-feel and this describes The Ash Lad.
Seriously, take away the CGI dominated climax and this could pass as something made in the last century - which is good!
The Ash Lad is all about these flawed and sometimes amusing young men who walk the forest (outstanding location filming) on a quest.
No sex scenes, not too much crude language, no fast edits all over the place, no pretty boys - put this all together and you get something oddly refreshing! Hollywood could learn a thing or two from this movie.
For the record, I never liked the Lord of the Rings film series, so I guess this could be described as the other side of the coin to all that.
The Ash Lad is a movie for the whole family. Followed by a sequel in 2019.
Generally speaking, I don't review this sort of fairy tale stuff, but I do review modern adventure movies with a retro-feel and this describes The Ash Lad.
Seriously, take away the CGI dominated climax and this could pass as something made in the last century - which is good!
The Ash Lad is all about these flawed and sometimes amusing young men who walk the forest (outstanding location filming) on a quest.
No sex scenes, not too much crude language, no fast edits all over the place, no pretty boys - put this all together and you get something oddly refreshing! Hollywood could learn a thing or two from this movie.
For the record, I never liked the Lord of the Rings film series, so I guess this could be described as the other side of the coin to all that.
The Ash Lad is a movie for the whole family. Followed by a sequel in 2019.