
InmedievalTallinn,themasterofthefamousknightagewhosavedtheBalticSeafromthepiratesismurderedandhisgoldnecklacedisappears.ThesheriffasksMelchior,anapothecarytoinvestigatethecase.Hediscoversthatthedeceasedwaslookingforthe‘PrisonerofTallinn’andhesuspectstheDominicanmonastery.Whilehorrificserialkillingsareuncovered,Melchiorbeginstosuspecthisapprentice,whoseemstohavesomethingtohide.Basedonthenovelofthesametitle,MelchiortheApothecaryreinterpretsthishistoricaldramainacontemporaryway,combiningthetraditionalmedievaladventuregenreandaromanceplotwithanarrativeofserialkillingandconspiracytheory.Thecorruptauthorityinthemedievaltownresemblestheinjusticeinourpresentsociety.ThesceneryofTallinnwithitsmedievalatmosphereisanotherpleasingmainfeature.Despitebeingahistoricaldrama,plentyofgoryscenesaddtensiontothefilm.(JinPARK)

