Echoes of Valor
- Tagline
- Every family hides a legacy, every secret bears a champion.
- Description
- In 'Echoes of Valor,' the 21st-century world collides with the mystique of Victorian sensibilities, as the lives of a seemingly ordinary family are turned upside down when a cryptic will reveals a lineage tied to legendary fantasy warriors. Bruce Chillis stars as an aging knight forced to confront his past, while Robbie Coltrain plays a rogue descendant whose cynical outlook challenges the family's unity. Willem Dafoie gras steps into the role of a former athlete whose strength must now be proven off the field. Under the brooding direction of Guillermo del Tortoise, this drama explores the blurred lines between reality and the fantastical, questioning what it truly means to be a hero in a world that no longer believes in the valor of knights.
- MpaaRating
- PG
- PopularityScore
- 2.80
- ReleaseDate
- 11/16/2023
- Genre
- Drama
- Director(s)
- Cast
Critic Reviews
4.50
In a landscape littered with cinematic detritus masquerading as 'family entertainment,' 'Echoes of Valor' stumbles into the fray with the grace of a one-legged knight at a jousting tournament. The film's tagline promises a hidden legacy, but the only thing championed here is mediocrity. Del Tortoise, who once whispered sweet gothic nothings into the ears of filmgoers, now bellows a cacophony of clichés through a megaphone of overindulgence. Bruce Chillis, whose career renaissance is more 'miss' than 'hit,' dons the armor of an aging knight with the enthusiasm of a man reading an appliance manual. Robbie Coltrain's rogue descendant is as charming as a train derailment, while Willem Dafoie's athlete turned hero delivers a performance that is more wooden than a medieval battering ram. In its desperate attempt to marry Victorian sensibilities with 21st-century banality, 'Echoes of Valor' manages to neither honor its predecessors nor inspire its contemporaries, culminating in a PG-rated pastiche that is as safe as it is soporific.