Based on the newly minted U.S. trailer for Christopher Smith’s BLACK DEATH, I’m gonna go ahead say this flick will be far better than Dominic Sena’s SEASON OF THE WITCH. I know, I know…quite a stretch!
Honestly though, BLACK DEATH – also about the Bubonic Plague ravaging lands in the 1300s – looks better shot, acted, plotted and directed than Sena’s relative box-office sleeper. You know what that means, right? Yup, BLACK DEATH will probably make 3 bucks in theatrical tickets sold. Sad…
Available on VOD February 4th, and in theaters March 11th – IN BLACK DEATH, Sean Bean starring as Ulric, a grim emissary from the Church, who leads a young monk (Eddie Redmayne) and a band of violent vigilantes and war veterans through the English countryside. Armed with blood-chilling torture devices, their mission is to stamp out suspected paganism in a village that remains untouched by the black plague, even as the rest of Europe grimly succumbs to the pestilence.
Carice van Houten (below), David Warner, Kimberley Nixon, David Masterson, Andy Nyman, Tim McInnerny, John Lynch, Johnny Harris, Marianne Graffam and Emun Elliot are also featured.
To all you chaps across the pond, feel free to order BLACK DEATH on DVD HERE, Blu-ray HERE.
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