On behalf of the Scottish people, I would like to apologise to any unwary travelers who stumble upon this ruin of a film. We've produced some movie great talent - Alexander MacKendrick, Sean Connery, Robert Carlyle, Nigel Kneale, Alan Sharp to name a few - so don't judge us on this one.
Seen this movie twice now and have to say it grows on you! Set in the 7th Century, it focuses on a Celtic warrior, "Fingal", who is trying to rebuild life after the Scottish Civil War, where so many Scots died.
I'll be honest, this was so bad I couldn't finish watching it - and I've sat through all of MY DATE WITH DREW, which should give you some idea of how poor this is. Looking at this, like DREW, I just wonder why this is on the IMDb.
I've seen some horrific pieces of garbage in my time and I never thought I would say this, but there is a film worse than Timbo Hines' The War of the Worlds. It's this one.
If the Director/Producer/Writer is going to review his own movie he might want to try reviewing more than just all his other productions! This movie is as bad as the other reviews here at IMDb say, its got no budget, which in itself shouldn't make the movie bad, but on this occasion it really is bad.
Set in 537AD in Britain I thought I'd give it a go and felt but my verdict is that it's so abysmal it's offensive. I can't call her a redeeming feature but I'll mention Victoria Pritchard who plays Jessica, as she is a competent actor and is the only thing that made me not switch it off.
You know what, I didn't hate THE WINTER WARRIOR, Scottish director Robbie Moffat's magnum opus, as much as some other reviewers. Sure, the whole thing is cheap and amateurish and poorly-staged, but I was expecting than in the first place so it didn't surprise me.
...but the IMDb doesn't have a no stars facility for movies.
