Soldier of God (2005)

October 28, 2005 (US) • Drama, History • 94m

Overview

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.

Director

W.D. Hogan

Writers

Mir Bahmanyar, Kathryn Kuhlen

Top Billed

Tim Abell

Keywords

12th century knights templar

Where to watch

Check streaming options on TMDB

Top Billed Cast

Tim Abell

Rene

Bill Mendieta

Hasan

Mapi Galán

Soheila

Nicholas Kadi

Omar

Scott Cleverdon

Geoffrey

Hani Al Naimi

Yaqut

T.J. Storm

Muslim Champion

Elizabeth Frank

Extra fighter

Jessica Cail

Featured fighter

Mercedez Alexander

Extra fighter

Meredith Rose

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Debby Williams

Extra fighter

Paul Michael Bloodgood

Debby Williams

Justin DeNino

Ghazzi

David Franco

Nizar

Robert Gantzos

King Guy

Kast Hasa

Brigand 2

Sam Hennings

Gerard de Ridfort

Taliesin Jaffe

Extra fighter

Paul Jene

Christian Knight

Jamison Jones

Featured fighter

Gary Lamb

Abed

Larry Lederman

Reynald de Chatillion

Braeden Marcott

Solomon

Crew

Mir Bahmanyar

Writer

W.D. Hogan

Director

Kathryn Kuhlen

Writer

Mir Bahmanyar

Producer

Grant Ferrier

Executive Producer

Justin Owensby

Assistant Production Coordinator

Paul Jene

Stunts

Michael J. McDonald

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Allyson Carey

Makeup Department Head

Michelle Borok

Assistant Makeup Artist

Greg Walsh

Music

Georgia Lambron

Associate Producer

Jessica Cail

Stunts

Emma Smith

Assistant Makeup Artist

Neil Lisk

Cinematography

Peter Stormare

Additional Music

Emily Langner

Second Assistant Camera

Richard Briglia

Second Unit Director of Photography

Michael J. McDonald

Supervising Sound Editor

Mir Bahmanyar

Second Unit Director

Jonny Fenix

Art Direction

John Orphan

First Assistant Camera

Justin DeNino

Key Grip

Alex Ullrich

Foley Artist

Meredith Rose

First Assistant Director

Barbara Scolaro

Casting

Gina Burnette

Animal Wrangler

Cynthia Ludwig

Editor

Bassem Bajjali

Co-Executive Producer

Johnny Griparic

Additional Music

Rico Mei

Set Dresser

Robert Chapin

Second Unit Director

Giacomo G. Ghiazza

Co-Executive Producer

Thom Noble

Consulting Editor

Michael Levy

Colorist

Brendan McDonald

Second Assistant Director

Mario Pérez

Stunts

Ryan Warren Smith

Set Dresser

Antonio Moncada

Sound Mixer

Ted Campbell

Second Assistant Director

Ty Donaldson

Unit Production Manager

Sara van Valkenburg

Co-Executive Producer

Fouad Bajjali

Associate Producer

Cody Smith

Animal Wrangler

Christine Elkington

Animal Wrangler

Debra Weinstein

Assistant Editor

Marc Antonio Pritchett

Stunt Double

Jamison Jones

Stunts

Jason Gray

Stunts

Helen Litsogiannis

Assistant Makeup Artist

Enzo Lavagnini

Co-Executive Producer

Dale V. Franz

Script Supervisor

Chris Norris

Key Grip

Michael Elkington

Animal Wrangler

Brad Whitcanack

Sound Effects Editor

Nicolas Pectol

Production Design

Ugo Serrano

Armorer

Paul Darrigo

Production Coordinator

Dana Shockley

Assistant Editor

Thomas E. Nicholson

First Assistant Director

Michel Lejeune

Assistant Makeup Artist

Nikol Roberts

Costume Design

Tim Abell

Co-Producer

Shane the Cowboy

Animal Wrangler

Alys Thompson

Set Dresser

Eric Schoonover

Set Dresser

Diana Padilla

Assistant Makeup Artist

Ty Donaldson

Co-Producer

Brad Grimmett

Steadicam Operator

Bradley Stenson

Assistant Makeup Artist

Suhela Bajjali

Co-Executive Producer

Reviews

Wuchak

⭐ 5/10

September 25, 2018

***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

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Soldier of God (2005)

Mir Bahmanyar, Kathryn Kuhlen

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