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Soldier of God

“Soldier of God” A film by W. D. Hogan From The New York Times Director W. D. Hogan‘s sweeping period epic “Soldier of God” unfurls in the Middle East of the late Twelfth Century. As the story opens, the Knights Templar, a religious order originally assigned to protect Christian pilgrims, has disintegrated from chivalric order and justice into dissolute chaos, as its individual factions bloodthirstily vie with one another for power and control.

Release Date : 2005-10-28

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Anabasis GroupBuddha-Cowboy Productions

Production Country : United States of America

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Cast

Character Name : Rene

Original Name : Tim Abell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hasan

Original Name : Bill Mendieta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soheila

Original Name : Mapi Galán

Gender : Female

Character Name : Omar

Original Name : Nicholas Kadi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Geoffrey

Original Name : Scott Cleverdon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yaqut

Original Name : Hani Al Naimi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Muslim Champion

Original Name : T.J. Storm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Extra fighter

Original Name : Elizabeth Frank

Gender : Female

Character Name : Featured fighter

Original Name : Jessica Cail

Gender : Female

Character Name : Extra fighter

Original Name : Mercedez Alexander

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mary, Mother of Jesus

Original Name : Meredith Rose

Gender : Female

Character Name : Extra fighter

Original Name : Debby Williams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Debby Williams

Original Name : Paul Michael Bloodgood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ghazzi

Original Name : Justin DeNino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nizar

Original Name : David Franco

Gender : Male

Character Name : King Guy

Original Name : Robert Gantzos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brigand 2

Original Name : Kast Hasa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gerard de Ridfort

Original Name : Sam Hennings

Gender : Male

Character Name : Extra fighter

Original Name : Taliesin Jaffe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Christian Knight

Original Name : Paul Jene

Gender : Male

Character Name : Featured fighter

Original Name : Jamison Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abed

Original Name : Gary Lamb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reynald de Chatillion

Original Name : Larry Lederman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Solomon

Original Name : Braeden Marcott

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

***A side story to “Kingdom of Heaven” about a Templar, a Muslim and a widow in the desert*** After the Battle of Hattin in 1187, a grim Knight Templar named Rene (Tim Abell) wanders the desert where he encounters a Muslim named Hassan (Bill Mendieta). They meet a Muslim woman, Soheila (Mapi Galán), and discuss sectarian differences and the human penchant for conflict & killing while the woman seems intrigued by one of the men. This is basically a low-budget companion piece to the events of “Kingdom of Heaven” (2005). “Soldier of God” came out later that same year, but only cost $325 thousand while “Kingdom” cost a whopping $130 million. Thankfully, the filmmaking doesn’t seem THAT low-budget: There’s a lot of beautiful desert photography, the editing is proficient and the score is aesthetic and moving. I encourage you to watch or re-watch “Kingdom of Heaven” first because it provides the background events and key names that will help you understand the situation here. This is a dialogue-driven sword & sandal drama with flashes of action. The acting is well done for such low-budget fare. The problem is that too much of the verbiage is hard to discern and there’s no subtitle option. Another reviewer called the movie “a pointless exercise in verbose pretentiousness,” but some of the dialogue is quite good, at least what I heard anyway, particularly the discussion when the Jewish merchant visits. Someone criticized the actions of a certain character on the grounds that a such-and-such wouldn’t do such-and-such. I disagree. I just went to coffee with a devotee of a certain noble belief system who recently got out of prison for murder, which he committed in a flash of angry frustration. Plus you have to consider the adrenaline rush of battle frenzy and the desire to remove something lingering & troubling. I probably would’ve liked this flick a lot more if I was able to discern more than 50% of the dialogue. The film runs 1 hour, 34 minutes and was shot in Dumont Dunes, California, with some exteriors done in Málaga, Andalucía, Spain. GRADE: C