The Last Warrior 2018 Written by Vadim Golovanov and Rustam Mosafir, directed by Rustam Mosafir. A Russian called The Scythian over there. It's a fantasy tinted 11th century drama with lots of killing.
Life among the Russian tribes in the 11th century is hard and dangerous, they don't get along well and it's all about power over your neighbor. The Scythian tribe has fallen in statue and numbers, they are reduced to being mercenaries for the more powerful tribes. A Scythian raiding party steals Lutobor's wife and child so he goes after them with a Scythian guide called Marten. There's plenty of fighting and slaughtering. The fights are fairly good, it's a bit Mad Maxy at times, it's hard to be original when it comes to that sort of thing anymore.
Mixed in with the fighting is a bit of character development and a bit of commentary on the changes in their lifestyle. I wouldn't want to live there, then. Entertaining to see in a movie. There's plenty of cool scenery, sets, costumes and makeup. Plenty of gore too. Someone's getting something lopped off every every few mins. More for the fan of that sort of thing.
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