Black Death (2010)

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	Year of first release: 2010
	Director: Christopher Smith (Creep, Severance, Triangle)
	Actors: Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones), Eddie Redmayne, Carice van Houten
	Country: GB, D
	Genre: Fantasy, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 29.07.2012, Blu-ray, Home Cinema
Synopsis: In the 19th century England ravaged by the Plague, a young monk is recruited by a group of mercenaries (themselves hired by the local Bishop) to find the truth about a village aparently protected from the desease by unholy powers.
Review: I came to this movie after watching and appreciating the previous ones from Christopher Smith, and also reading some good about it in Mad Movies. I don't know if Sean Bean is tired of playing Boromir-like characters, but he does it well once again. The action progresses (too?) slowly, but unlike a simple historical horror movie, raises other questions: was the Plague a punishment by God as the religious think in the movie or is it Man that is spreading it by himself? Where will the quest for truth, witch-hunt and religious extremism in the movie lead to? Is there a need to make movie about a fantasy world ruled by infected or zombies turning against the living, while in the true History such period existed when the living turned against the deseased, or against the living. And why can't the French cinema produce such good movies?!? So the movie might be a bit slow and predictable at the beginning, it is finally quite original, without being revolutionary. Christopher Smith is still to follow.
Rating: 6 /10