Ancestral World

As I sat down to watch the 2020 fantasy movie "Ancestral World", I must admit that my expectations weren't exactly high. Why? Well, because a lot of fantasy movies out there are dubious at best, and with "Ancestral World" having scored only 2.4 here on IMDb as I am writing this review, the odds were not favoring the movie.

But still, with "Ancestral World" being a movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I sat down to watch it here in 2021 as I had the chance to do so.

And I must say that writers Adriano Barone and Enrico De Palo actually managed to surprise me with their movie. Sure, "Ancestral World" wasn't a spectacular tour de force of a fantasy adventure movie. But it proved to be better than what I had assumed a 2.4 IMDb rating would result in.

The storyline told in "Ancestral World", as written by Adriano Barone and Enrico De Palo is a pretty straight forward one, even for a fantasy story. And it feels like it is the story that was concocted by a teenager that first had stumbled upon the world of fantasy. For better or worse, "Ancestral World" was a watchable fantasy movie, albeit a generic one.

The acting in the movie was mediocre at best. Yeah, you will not be in for a grand display of thespian skills that would put Shakespear himself to shame. I am sure that the actors and actresses were doing the best they could with the limitations of the script and a somewhat shunted and rigid character gallery.

For a fantasy movie, then there was not much of special effects, neither CGI or practical effects throughout the course of the movie. There were the odd bits and pieces of effects here and there, but nothing grand, nor overly impressive. And a fantasy should have a dazzling array of special effects to bring the fantasy world to life. Sadly, "Ancestral World" didn't have that.

"Ancestral World" is by no means an outstanding foray into the fantasy and adventure genre. Director Enrico De Palo managed to deliver a watchable enough movie, though it is a movie that came and went without leaving much of any impression. And I doubt that the movie will be lingering in my memory come next week. This is the type of movie that you will watch once and never again, only to forget about it entirely. And yeah, "Ancestral World" just doesn't have the story contents to support more than a single viewing.

My rating of the 2020 movie "Ancestral World" lands on a surprising four out of ten stars. It wasn't as bad as I had anticipated it to be, given its low IMDb rating. Nor was it a movie that will leave you hoping for more.

Well, this has all the production values of a good modern motion picture, it even has that blue/green tint that most movies these days seem to have. The one thing that lets this whole thing down, is the acting. I guess they spent ALL the budget on special effects, costumes and monster prosthetics. The characters are one dimensional and in reality quite forgettable... I guess the director thought any old acting would do as the special effects would cover it; nah, not good enough.

I give this 2/10 it's not very good, but, if you like modern fantasy movies, you may like this effort.

Not sure what people are expecting. Its not a hollywood blockbuster but they do well the with special effects and production on the budget. It has a fan made film vibe which is pretty cool. If your into the fantasy film genre its worth a watch. The choreography for the fight scenes could be better as they come across a little slow and sometimes like a walk through rather then a real fight sequence a lot of us have come to expect.

It watches like a fan-made production by a small group of cosplayers with very little acting, writing and movie making experience.

The prop weapons look like the EVA foam ones you see being carried around at conventions and the armour looks like painted Worbla. They're even wearing plain black boots which can be seen easily in a few places.

The fight choreography has a few big ideas that seem to get recycled and they have clearly watched the combat in 300 as they have copied the slow-fast-slow style to emphasise landed blows.

The CGI is, well... it's also in the film.

Maybe watch when you're drunk instead.

Review this movie? How? You'll either laugh your ass off at some stupid LARPing idiots or perhaps you'll like it. I just cringed every time they spoke with the most stilted dialog delivery known to man. They walk at normal speed to slow motion and then back over and over yet nothing is happening in the scene to warrant this drama. I felt embarrassed for the film as it was trying so hard but had no clue. It's so bad you won't laugh, you'll cringe.