Afghan Knights (2007)

Not sure what to think of this one.The first half is a dreamy war movie. A man is recruited as a mercenary for a rescue job in Afghanistan. He is broke and has post war nightmares but agrees to put his team back together.The second half of the movie is where things get weird. In Afghanistan the team eventually encounters paranormal dangers...and that is where the movie turns sour.The camera work is not great, but it is OK. Some shots linger for longer than needed and some angles are questionable. However the desert where the film was shot is pretty and the Middle-Eastern feeling carries over nicely.But the transition between shots starts making less and less sense towards the 2nd half; the story starts making less and less sense; the dialogue and character's actions start making less and less sense until the movie turns into an episode of a sci-fi channel show.The acting is not bad but it becomes increasingly badly directed and written so everyone starts either over-acting or under-acting.I think the viewers have been indoctrinated a little and expect a fast-paced logical and sensible movie with a particular structure and genre, while this movie is a bit different from that norm. This is the kind of movie you experience alone late at night in a state of partial trance, and after it is over you ask yourself what the hell you just experienced. The movie actually kept my interest until the end.On the other hand the film does ultimately fail at what it tries to be. It starts out as a slow-cooker war movie but it goes down hill from there until it becomes a z-movie thriller.

Super cheesy movie. Bad acting and some real bad effects.I almost turned it off after the early scene where the bikers were driving down the road and it looked like their first time riding bikes....lolUnfortunately i was able to determine that it was partially made in Canada early on with the bad acting and bad camera work.....and i can say this because i am Canadian.. hahaI wouldn't pay money to watch it. Good thing it was on net flicks.As for the dude that worked on this movie who commented earlier...you kinda shot yourself in the foot cause anyone reading the reviews will realize that you are only hyping the movie because you had a hand in making this abomination...lol

Short and simple review without spoilers. Afghan Knights.Starts off with an interesting storyline, 4 soldiers being payed to collect someone from Afgan and bring him back. They have a little back story, although no emotion is there for the characters. Suddenly, they arrive in Afghan and it takes a little while to realise it's not a flashback, as there have already been several by this point.2nd half, I quickly lost interest and the storyline becomes a mess.5/10 for this film. You get what you pay for.If low budget supernatural/action films is your thing, you will enjoy this film. Give it a watch on a Sunday when there is nothing on TV.

I thought the movie was well done. There was good acting (for the most part) the firefight, like was mentioned in another post on the pakistani border was well executed, and i have to agree, they should have had sound military advising from the onset of the movie. I enjoyed the musical score, which added to the supernatural/thriller aspect of the movie. I can't give it a ten, but i think a 7 is fair. maybe a six. There is a well known cast in the movie, Michael Madsen, Francesco Quinn, Steve Bacic and former WBC welterweight champion Gary Stretch, who, along with Madsen and Quinn, carried the movie. Good movie, but not something you are going to see in theaters, but worth a rent or an add to your collection if you are a Madsen fan