The Uprising

just plowman to blood cold mercenary at the end. Based on the true events of 1381 Peasants' Revolt, the film majorly focused on socio-economic and political tensions between peasants and the royal king and his lords. An uprising that sooner turns into bloody revolt and rebellion against the unfair taxes, brutality and oppression. The film really had great potential to show something so great, which can relate to current political situation in countries against fascism, genocide and more. But the film somewhere gets lost in between until the last few mins. The emotions are none to exist, It never really makes you back the rebellion against the king until the very, it fails to build that base from the beginning. The three important characters, the plowman, the priest and the warrior, all of them fail to leave any impression. It highlights very bad character writing for me. I love Andrew Garfield as an actor a lot, but he had very little to do because of the writing, he only really shines at the end. One thing which i really liked and how it was showcased in the film during the revolt, how the peasants were in fury and burning churches and sacred treasures. It ignites a question, why did they do this? Their anger was towards the king , not towards the god. Because uprising always start with revolution against the church before they reach the Royal military, so the peasants demolish the church and attack it before anything else. Not because the church's authority is strong and must be dismantled, but the opposite, because religion is the poor's first and last excuse, and the gods are the source of their hope and disappointment. And when the gods let you down, the church becomes just a palace built on the back of a peasant, whereas the kings have no excuse against them. I found this aspect really interesting, at least something to take away from the half ass film written badly both in storyline and characters.