Storyline
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.
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Cast
Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou, Eric Bana, Geoff Bell, Freddie Fox, Annabelle Wallis, Charlie Hunnam, Lee Nicholas Harris, Aidan Gillen, Peter Guinness, Tom Wu, David Beckham, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Neil Maskell, Adrian Bouchet, Joel Bryant, James Warren, Michael McElhatton, Mikael Persbrandt, Lorraine Bruce, Peter Ferdinando, Gintare Beinoraviciute, Jamie B. Chambers, Daniel Stisen, Lucy Chappell, Dacio Caballero, Rebecca Calder, Katie McGrath, Poppy Delevingne, Hermione Corfield, Millie Brady, Michael Hadley, Alphonso Austin, Kamil Lemieszewski, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Craig McGinlay, Zac Barker, Oliver Barker, Nicola Wren, Wil Coban, Bleu Landau, Jacqui Ainsley, Georgina Campbell, Rob Knighton, Alan Turkington, Charlie Rawes, Ellie Graham, Eline Powell, Kalle Hennie, Mark Umbers, Florence Bell, Anna Brooks Beckman, Cordelia Bugeja, Alice E. Mayer, Claira Watson Parr, Rudy Barrow, Pedro Caxade, Nick Cornwall
Trailer
Reviews
67
Ritchie’s ‘King Arthur’ is a pleasing big budget spectacle, oddly aligned to the filmmaker’s thematic interests and startlingly compatible with his signature razzle-dazzle style. In fact, the soggiest moments in the movie are the ones that adhere the closest to that ambitious multi-film strategy, lessening the fun, and emptying its impact.
58
King Arthur could have been a rollicking blast. Instead it’s just another wannabe blockbuster with too much flash and not enough soul.
55
There are quick cuts and CG imagery and bro-ing out in nearly equal proportions; I found some of this excess to be heady and exciting, but by the end of the film’s running time, it all became a bit tiresome, to say nothing of tiring.
50
A bloated action movie with occasional breaks in the monotony. It’s Perfectly Fine™; entirely competent but unexceptional in just about every way.
50
From one moment to the next, it's possible to on some level enjoy the shaking up of tired conventions in a swordplay fantasy such as this and then to be dismayed by the lowbrow vulgarity of what's ended up onscreen. The film gives with one hand and takes away with the other, which can be frustrating in what's meant to be an entertainment.
