RISE OF THE SHADOW WARRIOR is another cheap fantasy flick that heavily rips off Tolkien's LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and in particular the look, feel, and style of the Peter Jackson trilogy. The setting is a world of dwarves, elves, and human warriors, not to mention a bunch of orcs who look EXACTLY the same as those in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. A dark undead god or some such is trying to come back and take over the world, so a female elf has to go on a quest to save everybody. Expect cheesy martial arts action scenes, some cheap gore and splatter effects, wooden acting, and not bad make-up. The whole story is shot out in the woods somewhere and feels very cheap at times, although there's plenty worse out there in this genre, sad to say.
Review of SAGA - Curse of the Shadow
