Review – Dark Relic

Thanks largely to its premise, this one doesn’t suck quite as bad as most SyFy features. James Frain (Cromwell on The Tudors) plays a knight returning from the crusades with a motley band of companions and a piece of the true cross. Unfortunately the relic seems to be drawing the attention of a demon, who attacks our heroes with no end of plagues (wolves, locusts, dead birds, possessed monks and so on) as well as the occasional direct assault. To be sure, the production values – especially the boss-from-the-end-of-Doom bad guy – are typical stuff. But overall I liked this a little better than usual. Maybe I was just in the mood for something dumb. Mildly amusing