As someone who has a love for both history and fantasy, it’s no surprise that the sword is an object of great appeal to me. So when I’m browsing through newly updated content to Apple and stumble on a film titled Reclaiming the Blade, I had to look a little further. A trip to IMDb revealed that the film is actually a documentary, something which both surprised and excited me. Yes – a documentary about swords. I can just see every medieval group and costume/prop maker heading out en masse to the theatres.

In all seriousness the film, directed by Daniel McNicoll, “explores both European and Asian historic swordplay and offers an in-depth look at the fascinating world of stage combat on the silver screen.” It’s narrated by John Rhys-Davies and includes interviews with Viggo Mortensen, Karl Urban and sword master Bob Anderson who has worked on everything from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

For the most part, this is the type of documentary I’d expect to see on the Discovery or History channels but if the filmmakers have put their love and sweat into this baby, I’m not surprised that they’ll try to get as much of a theatrical distribution as possible. At the moment, IMDb is showing a release of December 15th but I’m not quite sure where it opens or how wide and the website reveals little more. I’ll keep you posted with more on the release as information becomes available.

Trailer is tucked under the seat! Also available in HD at Apple.