First: From a North American perspective, this is not a kids' movie. For three reasons: 1. The mood is far too depressing, 2. There is one apparently nude scene of the boys by the lake (although nothing is showing...this type of scene is more acceptable by Swedish standards), and 3. There is killing (by arrows, spears, burning...no gore however).
Have you ever wanted to see a movie where the heroes die? Well, this is it. The Lionheart boys die...twice.
It seems every time these boys die they go to a different world. The first time to Nangiola; and then at the end of the movie to Nangalima. Now if this movie were from Hollywood, I'd smell "sequel."
The majority of the movie takes place in Nangiola, where Karl (Crispy) and Jonathan Lionheart help the good guys (the folks from cherry blossom valley & wild rose valley). They are fighting an evil warlord (Tingle) who...what else...wants to take over the whole place. Tingle just happens to have a dragon too...a sorry beast that looks more like a stuffed walrus on fire.
This movie is a sorry mess. The music score is just plain dreadful. The acting...well...my dog is better. Were those kids wearing wigs? And effects?...what effects. They even tried (unsuccessfully) the old "Wizard of Oz" trick using sepia tone at the beginning and then changing to colour when the boys enter Nangiola. But those black capes worn by Tingle's bad guys which had purple linings were hilarious. This one gets a 2 out of 10.
If you can find this movie, it's worth a laugh or two just for its weirdness. I actually found this one on a cheap DVD in Singapore...dubbed in English no less. (It might have been a bootleg! Naaa...nobody would bootleg such a bad movie!)
Have you ever wanted to see a movie where the heroes die? Well, this is it. The Lionheart boys die...twice.
It seems every time these boys die they go to a different world. The first time to Nangiola; and then at the end of the movie to Nangalima. Now if this movie were from Hollywood, I'd smell "sequel."
The majority of the movie takes place in Nangiola, where Karl (Crispy) and Jonathan Lionheart help the good guys (the folks from cherry blossom valley & wild rose valley). They are fighting an evil warlord (Tingle) who...what else...wants to take over the whole place. Tingle just happens to have a dragon too...a sorry beast that looks more like a stuffed walrus on fire.
This movie is a sorry mess. The music score is just plain dreadful. The acting...well...my dog is better. Were those kids wearing wigs? And effects?...what effects. They even tried (unsuccessfully) the old "Wizard of Oz" trick using sepia tone at the beginning and then changing to colour when the boys enter Nangiola. But those black capes worn by Tingle's bad guys which had purple linings were hilarious. This one gets a 2 out of 10.
If you can find this movie, it's worth a laugh or two just for its weirdness. I actually found this one on a cheap DVD in Singapore...dubbed in English no less. (It might have been a bootleg! Naaa...nobody would bootleg such a bad movie!)