I watched this film sometime in the past decade, in colour, in English, pretty likely made since the turn of the millennium although I didn’t see it in theatres. Opens with a battle scene, I think in North Africa, before the action shifts to England. Going by costumes (similar to Amish or Pilgrim garb) it’s supposed to be the 1600s or so. The population is being preyed on by a race of demons or undead, and the main character is limited from intervening by a vow of nonviolence. Might have been adapted from a comic book, and has an overall atmosphere similar to that of Death Trance (2005).
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Foiled Sabotage Attempt
In the movie I remember, the protagonists use explosives, to which they tie a piece of string, such that they detonate when the string is pulled. This works correctly the first time the audience sees it. Later, they rig up explosives again, but the antagonists either arrive earlier than expected or are waiting in ambush, and sever the string before it is pulled. The antagonists begin to apprehend the protagonists, and one of the protagonists pulls the string, only to find it useless. He then follows the string and comes face-to-face with an armed enemy.
I vaguely recall this as a WWII film with German antagonists. In any case, the protagonists don’t have the strength to openly confront them; they are saboteurs or partisans, not regular troops. It’s possible the string was connected to some means of destruction other than explosives. It was definitely a physical string though, not an electrical cord or a gunpowder fuse.
Indian Movie with White Architect
In this movie, a white architect travels to India to meet with a wealthy Indian businessman in the modern day. In a separate plot line which seemed to be set long ago, a sculptor is detailing some kind of temple, possibly underground, and has two slaves, male and female, who are made to stand still as models while he carves but develop affection for one another. The architect has dreams of this second plot line, and his journey to India may be in part motivated by these dreams.
The businessman and his wife have something of a strained relationship; he may be abusive toward her. The architect is startled because the businessman’s wife is the same person (same actress, I think she is supposed to be a reincarnation in-story) as the female model in the temple plot. In the course of surveying the site for the businessman’s project (a hotel, maybe?), the modern-day characters come across the site of the old temple. I don’t recall the resolution of the plot.
The movie was playing in the background during the ’00s when I visited a friend; I vaguely suspect it may have been a bootleg but can’t speculate on the original provenance. I do recall that it had at least one scene in which the female model was made to pose topless (that may even have been his motivation for having it; we were underage then). It was either in English or at least had English subtitles. Finally, it was definitely in colour and I would estimate it as being from the eighties based on what the characters were wearing and the general appearance, characteristic of a certain era’s film technology. That said, if it was an Indian production, it may have been more recent because both style and movie tech lags behind a little bit relative to the West.