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A really good medieval drama concerning a romance and war. Arn was raised in a monastery and during his time there he left for a time to see the outside world, met a girl and their romance began - she became pregnant. She was with his child (in sin according to the laws) and was punished for 20 years in a convent. Arn was forced to become a warrior of God as a Knight Templar as his punishment. War began and Arn was one of the greatest Templar's - greatest warriors the world has ever seen. Will Arn and Cecilia ever see each other again? What became of their child? I won't give away the spoilers for those that have not seen the film - but it's a movie well worth watching if you like these types of films. 9/10

Impressive film. i expected purely a crusades film. but it is much more. essentially it is about Arn and his life from childhood to adult. eventually finding his true love but this love is forbidden since he has "sinned with the flesh" as those crazy Christians put it. so he is sent away to the crusades where he encounters Saladin, the oppositions leader. and they come to respect one another as men of honor and wisdom. since this film involved severing of limbs and cutting throats i am puzzled why this film got a pg rating when films like die hard get a 18 rating. the answer is purely because the financial backers of the film had pull with the censorship board. after all this is the most expensive film production in Scandinavian history. cant wait to see the sequel.

This is a movie which is very much like a Hollywood adventure, but in Sweden. This movie could have been really bad if it wasn't for the good acting(Stellan Skarsgård, Bibi Andersson, Michael Nyquist, Gustaf Skarsgård, Sofia Helin and more), the wonderful music and some very good fighting scenes. It's nice too see a Swedish high-budget movie that can be seen by anyone who loves epic tales with good drama. Joakim Nätterqvist is surprisingly good in the leading role as Arn and he will probably become one of Sweden's next big stars. This is a very good movie that i can recommend to anyone who likes adventure, epic, drama and Swedish movies.