Genre: Action, Adventure, War, Drama, Period Piece, Military
Tagline: Rule your fate.
Plot: A reluctant leader, Arthur (Clive Owen) wishes only to leave Britain and return to the peace and stability of Rome. Before he can, one final mission leads him and his Knights of the Round Table – Lancelot, Galahad, Bors, Tristan, and Gawain – to the conclusion that when Rome is gone, Britain will need a leader to fill the vacuum – someone not only to defend against the current threat of invading Saxons, but to lead the isle into a new age. Under the guidance of Merlin, a former enemy, and the beautiful, courageous Guinevere (Keira Knightley) by his side, Arthur will have to find the strength within himself to change the course of
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 Still, the core problem is the screenplay, which seems to have been penned without the consideration that someone in the theater might actually try to piece it together into a semblance of coherency.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The glitter of Camelot has been lost in Antoine Fuqua's valiant quest for historical accuracy, but Keira Knightley does prance around in a leather bikini.--Stephanie Zacharek (Salon)
"King Arthur" is not a bad movie, although it could have been better. It isn't flat-out silly like "Troy," its actors look at home as their characters, and director Antoine Fuqua curtails the use of computer effects in the battle scenes, which involve mostly real people.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
Thankfully, it all still engages us. Fuqua adamantly refuses to let our attention wander, and keeps us entertained almost despite ourselves. B---Rob Vaux (Flipsidemovies.com)
By taking the magic out of the myth, the filmmakers have stripped away the very essence of what has made this legend survive the test of time, leaving a film striving to deliver thrills, and unfortunate in its timing. D+--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
It's a film that periodically arouses excitement from well-composed action sequences and solid performances only to be brought to a screeching halt when everyone stops fighting and starts babbling on and on ad nauseum.  --Joe Rickey (Movie-Gurus.com)
Crisp cinematography and exotic locations landscaping an intense middle-film fight scene make King Arthur a worth while endeavor, even if the story doesn’t relish the mystical elements that made the tale so fascinating in the first place. Perhaps that will be saved for a sequel. 7/10--Scott Spicciati (Movie-Vault.com)
This movie is highly over-produced, but like that doesn't come as a shock with Jerry Bruckheimer on board. Owen and Knightley perform nicely, and Fuqua is great at the helm, but it reminds me of his Tears of the Sun: directing talent wasted on a shoddy script.  --Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)
Who knew medieval history could be such a hoote?  --Blake Snyder (MovieWeb)
Even though his efforts may be somewhat flawed in terms of focal points, Fuqua handles King Arthur with passion. --Danny Baldwin (BucketReviews.com)
The legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table conjure up words such as magic, stirring, spellbinding, and timeless, none of which apply to Jerry Bruckheimer’s cinematic rendering. Except, maybe, the timeless part, because sitting through this seems like an eternity.  --Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
The slick, super-serious King Arthur offers a new take on the legend of yore. --Nev Pierce (BBC Films)
King Arthur is very much like watching The History Channel. Except the facts are shady, it’s longer, not cohesive in its storytelling, there are no commercials and you can’t change the station. --Erik Childress (eFilmCritic.com)
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Antoine Fuqua
Training Day, Tears of the Sun, The Replacement Killers |
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| Cast |
Clive Owen
The Bourne Identity, Closer, Gosford Park |
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 | Keira Knightley
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Love Actually, Bend It Like Beckham |
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 | Til Schweiger
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Driven, The Replacement Killers |
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| KING ARTHUR makes a more valiant attempt than most, delivering a worthwhile action-drama that is just grounded enough in real history to be intriguing. --Brian McKay (eFilmCritic.com)
The beauty of the Arthurian legends lies in the magical, the mystical, and the mythical; sucking all that out of the story leaves you with a bloated husk of a tale, one that's innately boring, utterly tiresome and making its way to a multiplex under the banner of Mr. Jerry Bruckheimer. --Scott Weinberg (eFilmCritic.com)
"King Arthur" is a good enterprise, and it makes a good run at it, but by the last act, it's just the same old Saxon violence. B--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
Ambiguity, subtlety, and mixed-up heroes are not usually the makings of summer blockbusters, but it's still a fascinating, stirring, great-looking film. 74/100--Brian Webster (Apollo Guide)
Jerry Bruckheimer-produced blockbuster “with extra added historical authenticity” – occasionally it’s amusingly bad, but mostly it’s just dull, with a couple of good bits. --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
Arthur demythologised and remythologised, but still in need of a little screenwriting magic. 6/10--Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)
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