Fresh
There is plenty of bow-and-arrow shooting and throwing spears and pouring boiling oil and battering-ramming the great oak doorway and assaulting the fortress with a scaling-tower.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
The War Lord
He Battled Two Empires For The Love Of One Woman.
1965 · 2h 3m · APPROVED
Drama, History, War
Directed by
Franklin J. Schaffner
Overview
A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Runs on and on and on, but proves nothing whatever about the survival of the fittest.
TIME Magazine
Fresh
Heston is more convincing in his battle scenes than in romancing Rosemary Forsyth, but nevertheless delivers a hard-hitting performance.
Variety
Fresh
The rituals of pagan mythology are well observed - cabalistic idols, sacrifices - as is Heston's disintegration in the face of a mental force that he can't understand.
Time Out
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