Ged (Shawn Ashmore) yearns for a more exciting life than just being village blacksmith. When the soldiers of King Tygath (Sebastian Roché) invade his island, Ged gets his chance. He uses magic to confuse the soldiers and send them off a cliff. A master mage, Ogion (Danny Glover), pulls Ged back from the brink of death and sets out to train the boy. There is a prophecy that a mage could rid the world of the Nameless Ones, an ancient evil locked away beneath a temple and guarded by an order of priestesses. King Tygath wants the release the Nameless Ones to grant him immortality and has corrupted one of the priestesses (Jennifer Calvert), hoping that she will become the successor to High Priestess Thar (Isabella Rossellini), and thus learn the invocation to open their prison. Thar instead chooses Tenar (Kristin Kruek), who has a mysterious link with Ged, even though they are on opposite sides of the world.
This two-part Sci-Fi Channel original miniseries is so bad, it is shocking. The video quality is fuzzy and looks like a bad VHS transfer, despite being digital, the CGI is a travesty, and the acting is atrocious considering the quality of performers. It is dreck. Skip it and read the book series by Ursula K. LeGuin instead. Or, you know, don't, because I didn't like that either. Earthsea is streaming on Amazon Prime's IMDb TV, which means it also has ads. Just the worst, all around.
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