I’m sure I saw something like this on Channel 5 years ago.

Curse of the Dragon Slayer, or SAGA: Curse of the Shadow plays out as a fantasy to please all parties. There’s strong elements of The Lord of the Rings. Plenty of Game of Thrones. Plus some Xena: Warrior Princess vibes, but that might be mostly down to the budget constraints.

The plot involves The Dragon Slayer of the title Nemyt Akaia (Danielle Chuchran) who is infected with a dark illness after a scrap with an orc-like creature in the opening scene. She bands together with Keltus The Wanderer (Richard McWilliams), a sort of night templar but a bit more mercenary and Kullimon The Black (Paul D. Hunt), a less angry version of Piccolo from Dragon Ball. On their journey through a whole host of wooded area – the budget clearly went on costume rather than location they encounter a whole host of other orc-like creatures, a ring-wraithey type thing and mermaids. Yes mermaids!

Fantasy film fans might find plenty to enjoy. The world, although unmistakably Earth, is a fully realized realm of magic and oddities. The only problem being that most of these oddities feel ripped from other more successful franchises. The makers clearly have a passion for action adventure yarns set in alternative worlds but there doesn’t seem to be an original idea at work here at all. Even Conan the Destroyer’s memory is invoked at times.

The acting and script are perfunctory at best but at least the whole thing bolts along with a good pace. So if anything it succeeds in being a diverting action romp.

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