Hello there comic fans i'm going to do something i havn't done before and depending on how many i can find and how well this goes down there will be more of i'm going to review the motion comic Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues.
Now this is my first time watching a motion comic and i admit i never saw the original Queen Of Plagues Arc so i have no idea if this is faithful or not but i can tell you that the film does a good job of telling it's story which is Red Sonja the She-Devil with a Sword, intends to pay back a blood debt owed to the one man who has gained her respect even if it means leading a doomed army to their certain deaths! Who is Dark Annisia, and how has this fearsome warrior accomplished what neither god nor demon has been able to do: force Sonja to her knees in surrender? An epic tale of blood, lust, and vengeance, Queen of the Plagues takes Red Sonja from the depths of her own grave to the heights of battlefield glory.
The cast do a great job with there roles i really liked Misty Lee as Red Sonja she really adds emotion to the character and her yelling her name in a fit of rage is truly something to behold. Sadly tho most of the dialog isn't that good and it could have done with a quick rewrite just to make sure it didn't sound so clunky which is a shame because the writer Gail Simone usually gives us good dialog.
The artwork does look really good and is really stunning to look at the artwork looks like it was ripped straight out of the books which was something i really liked and i know they didn't really have to do this but i loved that they animated things like people's hair or even the hair on the horse it was a small touch but it's something i'm glad that they did.
The animation in the film/motion comic looked really good like i just said they animated not only people's hair but also hair in the horses but they also animated transitions between what i think were the panel pages which was a great way to get from one panel to the other. The lip movements also synced up really well with the actors performance.
The action scenes looked really good and were really freaking brutal i had an idea going into this of how brutal it would be but even i was shocked at how much blood and violence they some how managed to get away with. I'm glad that in most of the action scenes Red Sonja has to use her wits to kill her opponent because she does have a huge sword so it would have been very freaking easy just to have swing the word a few times and end the battle there.
Overall if you want to watch something with a strong female lead who takes no bs from anybody then i suggest you watch this i give Red Sonja: Queen Of Plagues a solid 7 out of 10 because it does have some pacing issues that i can't ignore.