First off let me say that the duo put together of Nicholas Cage and Ron Perlman was clearly missing a connection and was... awkward. Through the dialogue of Perlman it was clear that he was set up as comic relief throughout the film but failed to deliver any ounce of laughter to the audience, the only laughter I got was from his dull performance. As for cage, he seemed lifeless throughout the film, you could see the baseline energy in his character but that was where it stopped, the dialogue seemed as though they were reading the lines straight off the script...maybe if they had chosen too speak in an accent that would have been apparent in the time frame of the movie, such as the king or other characters....now wait a minute....why is the entire character lineup speaking in accent when Cage and Perlman seem to be talking as depressed immigrants from America? I guess the fight scenes were put there to distract the audience of that fact and have them holding on to their seats...yeah, that didn't work to well, after the movie your left with images from the beginning 300 like sieges, the unexpected CGI ending, and a blurry mess of everything in between.