War of the Arrows

War of the Arrows (2011) – It doesn’t concern itself with backstory (which would have helped) and the story is fairly boilerplate, but credit the director et al.: this is a colorful, good-looking, nicely-scored action film with a surprising amount of intensity and suspense; the good character focus contributes to this latter and gives the film emotional gravity, lifting it above mediocrity; the overall impact of the film is not unlike that of Last of the Mohicans (although perhaps not quite on that level). 7