Review of Merlin and the Book of Beasts (2009) by Matt R — 13 Oct 2009
I only watched this on the back of James Callis' great performance as Gaius Baltar in Battlestar Galactica. It started off quite well and has a reasonable budget for a Sci-Fi Channel tv movie. When Merlin (Callis) finally does make an appearance I laughed out loud at his gruff Welsh accent for the character.
What was he playing at? Somehow Callis' weird yet strangely brilliant performance kept me interested for 90 mins. Story was pretty poor and so were some of the performances from the lesser known actors but I expected that.
Effects weren't bad though. Big thing that I didn't like was the Gorgon's from Greek mythology making an appearance, hated that idea. Not the best but I've seen many, many worse movies.
Fans of BSG may find it an interesting novelty just to hear Callis' attempt at a different accent.
This review of Merlin and the Book of Beasts (2009) was written by Matt R on 13 Oct 2009.
Merlin and the Book of Beasts has generally received negative reviews.
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