King Arthur (2004)
A dramatic documentary about a British leader who led Britain in the late fifth century against rebel campaigns that wanted to destroy Britain at some point. Arthur was an officer in the cavalry of the Roman army, and the Knights of the Round Table who defended Hadrian's wall against a group of rebels and invaders. During these difficult circumstances Arthur tried to defend Britain against the Saxon invaders and rebels in the late 5th and early 6th centuries with great wisdom and courage.
25 May 1964, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, UK
7 October 1984, Rome, Lazio, Italy
21 August 1989, Kent, England, UK
27 March 1957, London, England, UK
24 June 1997, UK
7 February 1970, Cork, Ireland
22 November 1965, Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
December 21, 1963 in Bracknell, Berkshire, England, UK
December 24, 2010
Entertaining, but ultimately forgettable.
April 29, 2009
Fuqua creates a very grim and stylish mood that fits what the concept is attempting to accomplish very well.
July 12, 2004
I loved the notion of the Dark Ages as the Wild West with swords. Thumbs up.
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.
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
Gladiator lite.
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.
July 11, 2010
The interminable battle scenes are limply choreographed and unexciting. This is one king that's best left alone.
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 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.
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.
