Ironclad: Battle For Blood
Gathered together by young Hubert (Tom Rhys Harries), a small band of hired swords gather inside his families castle intent on holding off evil Celtic Tribesmen hell-bent on revenge for the death of their leaders'; son: a young mercenary named Guy (Tom Austen) whose soul is wracked with guilt over the atrocities he has committed during the days and years after the great battle of Rochester Castle and his burgeoning feelings for Kate, his cousin (Roxanne McKee), ; battle-hardened mercenaries such as Berenger (David Caves), who fight not for God and country for money and bloodlust.
10 August 1980, Canada
6 June 1958, London, England, UK
26 April 1965, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
26 April 1982, Sabac, Serbia, Yugoslavia
1988, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
6 March 1995, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
29 November 1948, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, UK
25 November 1978, Krusevac, Serbia, Yugoslavia
30 June 1962, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
18 September 1970, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, Yugoslavia
12 February 1981, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
July 10, 2014
Attempting to cover up production constraints, English makes Battle for Blood visually worthless at times, which doesn't help the picture's ongoing fatigue as it gradually runs out of shock value and fascinating characters.
July 22, 2014
Essentially 108 minutes of woad-daubed Scots and begrimed English settlers slogging it out over a castle on the Scottish border in 1221.
July 25, 2014
It throws historical accuracy out the window even more than its predecessor.
March 20, 2014
It has the feel of a follow up that English either helmed so no one else could or was desperate to make, despite a lack of interest from financiers and agents.
July 24, 2014
Battle for Blood continues to make 13th-century England look like a truly wretched place to live or, more often, die in. But while it delivers some strong battle sequences, the characters are less vividly drawn than in its predecessor.
July 24, 2014
The title's promise of violence is dutifully met in gory, sonically squishy close-quarter melees shot in Confuse-o-vision, as if the camera had been strapped to a whirring blender before the footage was edited with the puree button.
July 22, 2014
Battle for Blood is ultimately too accurate a subtitle; this film is a bloodbath, and not an edifying one in the slightest.
July 23, 2014
...a grisly, humorless, tension-free, badly shot slog of a sorta-sequel.
March 10, 2014
What should have been a quick, exciting medieval skirmish starts to feel like the 100 Years War.
July 31, 2014
Despite too much jerky camera work, 'Ironclad 2' boasts lots of action and a stirring background score. Plus, its cup runneth over with medieval blood and gore.
March 13, 2014
The director manages to deliver a commendable production on what appears to be little budget.
March 12, 2014
Much sound and fury ensues, but without a compelling story behind it, it signifies very little.
