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King Arthur (2004)
The film is a demystified take on the tale of King Arthur, a cavalry officer in the Roman army, and the Knights of the Round Table who defend Hadrian's Wall against rebellious Britons.
21 August 1965, Birmingham, England, UK
1 March 1964, Brampton, Cumberland, England, UK
1955, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
19 February 1957, Hackney, London, England, UK
June 29, 1955 in London, England, UK
23 June 1974, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
7 February 1970, Cork, Ireland
7 October 1984, Rome, Lazio, Italy
4 January 1961, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
May 02, 2007
A brash departure from the legend that retains the round table, but that's about it. Still, the contemporary echoes make the Dark Ages relevant again and the movie, while longwinded in parts, overcomes its shortcomings.
July 09, 2004
By going back to its origins and dusting itself off, the King Arthur story has proved itself to have a very contemporary resonance.
July 10, 2004
If this is history demystified, give me myth.
May 23, 2007
In many ways this movie tells us far more about the values and age in which we are living, than the one it pretends to be returning us to.
April 29, 2009
Fuqua creates a very grim and stylish mood that fits what the concept is attempting to accomplish very well.
July 11, 2010
The interminable battle scenes are limply choreographed and unexciting. This is one king that's best left alone.
July 15, 2004
Gladiator lite.
May 29, 2007
Guinevere, no dainty princess she, is a kind of hardened medieval feminist, and the aggressor to Arthur's bashful but equally driven warrior, in both bed and on the battlefield.
July 12, 2004
I loved the notion of the Dark Ages as the Wild West with swords. Thumbs up.
July 10, 2004
It's hard to care about a valiant groping for accuracy when a story is so badly told you can't tell what the devil is going on.
July 15, 2004
A title card says this King Arthur, grimly directed by Antoine Fuqua, is based on the latest research into the mythic past. Maybe so. But one can't help thinking the research that really counted was that into the more recent box-office charts.
December 24, 2010
Entertaining, but ultimately forgettable.