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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017
Drama
Fantasy
2h 6m
Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy - whether he likes it or not.
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017
Drama
Fantasy
2h 6m
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Rated 12 Jul 2017
8
2nd
Good luck pulling a sword out of this pile of petrified shit.
Rated 11 May 2017
40
32nd
Lock, Stock And Bend it Like Sherlock Holmes' Snatch: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Way the Legendary Sword Ended Up in that Rock.
Rated 16 Feb 2018
75
66th
Certainly not the pile of garbage advertised by the critics. While the frantic, almost "Moulin Rouge!" pace did leave little room for character development or dynamics, it was a unique artistic choice, and this original editing, alongside gorgeous Scottish scenery, neat world-building, and excellent artistic design, sets this film a cut above the majority of its genre.
Rated 20 Feb 2018
75
52nd
More appealing to Guy Ritchie fans than people looking for a medieval story. The truth is, that Arthurian legend has yet to spawn a great piece of cinema and all this one seems to aspire to do is make a decent waste of two hours. I can't blame Ritchie for wanting to breaking his chains and wander out of his genre of origin, but I'll have no regrets saying that he belongs back in crime, his idiosyncratic style is far better suited there.
Rated 04 Mar 2018
60
59th
Hollywood overkill nearly ruins it. CGI includes opening scenes with stupid 300ft elephants, lots of crazy effects and supernatural hocus-pocus, but also some good creepy underworld creatures. Great cast. The story is mostly a mess and full of nonsense and some silly pageantry, but it was surprisingly engaging. Good music and filmography. Many charismatic performances and lots of action make it mostly satisfying and worth watching.
Rated 08 Apr 2021
50
35th
It's enjoyable and passes the time, but it's not much more. I said "this is definitely Guy Ritchie" out loud multiple times. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but the story definitely took a back seat to style, action, and CGI.
Rated 16 Sep 2017
2
14th
This movie is such a fucking headache. I'm not even sure if the screenplay is that bad or anything but - grumpy old man as I've become in the wizened age of my early 30s - I just found the way it was shot and edited so abrasive.I'm not into this whole punk rock Camelot shit. Also, the scene where a giant CGI snake bursts into the throne room could be the most inane film scene of 2017.
Rated 06 Jul 2017
60
38th
I kinda like Guy Ritchie's King Arfur, init. It was better than that 2004 effort with Keira Knightley and Clive Owen anyway.
Rated 16 May 2017
60
23rd
It's enjoyable and worth watching, mostly because the Guy Ritchie style is fascinating in context of the fantasy genre. Fantasy can be rather stuffy at times, so to see him employ his roots, snappy dialogue and clever editing to the genre was really cool. This is evident in some of the planning scenes. The action was decent, there were a few great scenes, some of it is a bit much, but my main criticism is that it's boring sometimes, which took me out of it a bunch of times. Good soundtrack too.
Rated 30 Jun 2017
40
19th
Disjointed story line,poor acting from most,terrible music,bad fight scenes and really bad editing. Love Ritchie films but this sure as hell is not a good one.
Rated 12 May 2017
48
32nd
What starts like King Arthur: The Rock n' Roll Edition soon turns into King Arthur: The Wanker Edition.
Rated 17 Jun 2017
41
9th
Looks like a very very very long trailer of something I definitely don't want to see. Also, it takes itself way too seriously for a movie featuring giant snakes and elephants.
Rated 05 Jan 2018
61
29th
This is not a good movie. But for fantasy fare, it's not awful. It has star power, it has decent special effects, and even if the supporting characters get no real characterization, they are certainly unique enough to tell apart from one another. Without knowing it was directed by Guy Ritchie, I could tell it was directed by Guy Ritchie. The main drag on the film is that it is bloated with a bunch of shit that is either ill-explained, under-utilized, or just really serves no purpose.
Rated 01 Jan 2018
30
8th
Jesus Christ. What a fucking shit show. It has perhaps the most distracting soundtrack this side of Ladyhawk and every single shot is filmed so it can be its coolest, rather than perpetuating the story in a meaningful fashion. The use of montages showing us future events instead of just having scenes is aggravating as hell. The 2004 King Arthur is better than this.
Rated 27 Apr 2017
63
37th
It's a right royal cockney barrel of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Merlins me old china and ain't it arf! Really silly. I was seriously expecting Ray Winstone to burst through a wall and headbutt someone then walk off without saying anything. Charlie Hunnam appears to be an extremely budget Tom Hardy with none of the personality. Half the film is montage at the expense of any actual storytelling. But, crucially, it's fun enough to carry it off. Just.
Rated 22 Sep 2017
60
65th
Guy Ritchie's low-buget indie documentary is based wholly on true events. No cyclopean elephants were harmed in the making of this film.
Rated 21 May 2017
5
18th
A fast paced, stylized film that swings between being entertaining and irritating.
Rated 23 Aug 2017
29
9th
King Arthur reimagined as a hubristic hipster. #YOLO
Rated 27 Jun 2017
47
17th
Terrible Movie ! Making gangsta movie with mid-earth atmosphere which is happened in england but generates with roman & greek myth !! Absolute shitstorm happens when trying to make something different .. There is no sub-text, no message, no inner circle or outter circles of the story. There is no theme, no stand tall character arcs, no motivations.. Just events, cqı and mumbling nonsense . I watch Guy Ritchie movies before, ı like some of' em, ı appreciate many of 'em. But this is very bad
Rated 05 Jun 2017
30
8th
How Guy Ritche is taken seriously is beyond me. Dude basically jacked Paul W.S. Anderson's aesthetic and made it 10000000000000 times worse.
Rated 10 Oct 2017
60
35th
Seems like they couldn't decide if they wanted a comedy or a serious movie. Plot was interesting, but the spastic direction just ruined it for me.
Rated 29 Jul 2017
64
51st
Ritchie's take on the Arthurian legend aims to be different from all that has come before, & to a degree he succeeds. I enjoyed Ritchie's signature East-London, quick-talking, laddish style; I enjoyed the modern music, the quick-cut back-and-forth edits applied to both action and conversations indiscriminately. And for most of the movie the style is backed by substance, despite neither adhering to history nor established legend. Unfortunately the last act edges too close to video game territory.
Rated 18 Aug 2017
10
2nd
Wtf is going on? What a mess.
Rated 27 Jul 2017
2
37th
Not every setting can be transformed into London criminal underground. His style is there but lack of substance is the real problem.
Rated 16 Jul 2017
77
62nd
Original take.
Rated 07 Apr 2018
1
17th
Jude Law is a great baddie, but Hunnam's Arthur is a huge wet blanket. The plot can be summed up as a Guy Ritchie-style pastiche of Excalibur (not in a fun way); action scenes are horribly shot, looking like a poor video game.
Rated 29 Nov 2017
34
9th
Ignore the typical Ritchie-isms (which look more tired and rote than ever) and CGI scenes bought at Peter Jackson's yard sale, and you're left with a King Arthur story that falls well short of both the historical accuracy of Monty Python And The Holy Grail, the heavy personal drama of The Sword In The Stone, and the wacky humour of Excalibur.
Rated 05 Aug 2017
74
66th
Classic Guy Ritchie approach to the fantasy genre. I liked it.
Rated 10 Mar 2018
4
32nd
If you run out of Adamantium, you can always turn to... LONDINIUM!
Rated 14 May 2017
70
55th
Starts with Eric Bana fighting hundred-foot tall elephants that are controlled by sorcerers, and then proceeds to get even more bonkers from there.
Rated 26 May 2018
86
35th
So bad it's almost good.
Rated 09 Sep 2017
65
30th
OK, OK, I'll say it; better than expected. But that is just because it's a Guy Ritchie movie. Seriously Beckham? Seriously the Sons of Anarchy dude? Hmmm, cool CGI and obviously I'm a fan of the witch, Eric Bana, Jude Law and Aidan Gillen. BUT, if I just get serious for a second: some parts of the story are just too much fast-forwarded. And yes I know this is Guy Ritchie's style... but c'mon.. how dare you do that to such a glorious old tale.
Rated 03 Mar 2018
60
30th
not my cup of tea
Rated 20 Nov 2023
40
26th
The over-stylisation and quick editing work to keep the movie going at a roaring pace from the off, but with no real attention to plot or characters this becomes tiresome, and coupled with the Transformers-esque disorientating CGI battle scenes you’re just fed up with it all by the end. Hunnan’s a poor lead, with both performance and accent all over the place – Ritchie’s potentially amusing script falling victim to his awful delivery. Somewhere out there the director has a six-hour cut of this.
Rated 29 Aug 2017
1
16th
Spam incoming. Avoid.
Rated 30 Jul 2017
91
89th
Nihayet güzel ve aslına sadık bir Kral Arthur filmi izleyebildim. Sadece bu yüzden yani büyük bir açığı kapattığı için çok güzel film. Ama bu kadar değil temposu, görsel efektleri, müzikleri, bazı yerlerdeki yakın ve hatta ağır çekimleri kısacası herşeyiyle muazzam. Kısacası Teşekkürler Guy Ritchie. Umarım devamı gelir de Lancelot ve diğerlerini de görürüz.
Rated 01 Jan 2023
90
82nd
What can I say; I kind of love cheesy action movies.
Rated 14 Jun 2019
58
29th
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Rated 03 Sep 2022
90
69th
I love Guy Richie movies, my only complaint was the training montage was too fast, I would have lived to see some of the trials all the way through.
Rated 24 Aug 2022
60
26th
Jude Law?? Yummy
Rated 17 Oct 2021
63
24th
Home to some of the worst background trucking while 'running' shots you will ever see, lots of Michael Bay type explosions and moments, and very little focus on the story of King Arthur, traded out for cool looking moments that aren't.
Rated 17 Sep 2021
62
57th
Filmed, acted, and edited like an early 2000s UK crime film, this is from Guy Richie so that makes sense. It took a while for me to get used to the modern dialogue and iffy CGI. The finale is so Video Game that it made me laugh.
Rated 13 Sep 2021
80
62nd
This unmistakable Guy Ritchie movie is badass and keeps the action moving. There were some moments towards the end that the computer graphics showed their seems and the uncanny valley takes the audience out of the fantasy but overall it is a good movie with some great action and fantasy. The cast is good. There are some surprises that add to the fun and make this uniquely Ritchie. There are moments where I can't imagine anyone else but Hunnam as Arthur but there are others that are cringe.
Rated 12 Jan 2021
40
27th
Typical Guy Ritchie crap.
Rated 02 Oct 2020
75
27th
Filmento probably nailed it in his analysis: extremely condensed & masterful visual story-telling, but too many scenes crammed into 2 hours and hence no time for either tension build-up, or to form a bond with any of the characters. If you trim off all the excess fat, you'll be lacking some of the flavour. But maaaaaaan are there cool shots in here.
Rated 05 Jun 2020
55
11th
I mean it's not awful because it's mostly harmless, but it's pretty damn close to awful. Truly horrendous montages in the first half. Arthur remains a complete jerk for the entire film. Plot seems coincidental after the introduction. The flashbacks are ridiculous. Some okay fights with the sword (heavy CGI naturally). Jude Law is a cliche but it works. Should have been a light-hearted adventure but ends up being something that tries really hard (and fails) and also does not try hard enough.
Rated 01 Feb 2020
25
11th
Ugly, stupidly edited CGI monstrosity. Punk aesthetic is wasted. Charlie Humdrum's acting is wooden, Jude Law is hamming it up. Guy Ritchie is lost up his own backside. Avoid.
Rated 03 Sep 2019
1
0th
From the plastic performances via the ghastly anachronistic dialogue to the ugly visuals, this is a painful thing to endure. The Arthurian mythos are rich in cinematic material yet have yielded a raft of mostly mediocre movies, but this leaves them all in its wake.
Rated 18 Nov 2019
7
11th
Very choppy and blah story retelling. With such a decent soundtrack, the pairing was just terrible. The soundtrack is the only thing which gave this movie any emotion or meaning.
Rated 26 Dec 2018
67
49th
An unusual mix of genres and styles which both works for and against it.
Rated 24 Nov 2018
38
14th
Oh, Richie. You continue to convince me that your style is not my cup of tea. The last part of the movie is extraordinarily obnoxious.
Rated 17 Aug 2023
45
34th
A young man discovers his destiny. A highly jazzed-up version, intended as an “origin story” (as the kids love to say). There are some amusingly frenetic editing sequences that move things along at breakneck speed, and the willingness to take things into complete fantasy is at least different, even if the plot ends up being somehow still too formulaic. The distance from Rohmer’s Chrétien de Troyes adaptation is beyond infinite, but the real question is: would Geoffrey of Monmouth have approved?
Rated 11 Oct 2018
50
15th
2018/10/02
Rated 01 Sep 2018
70
90th
100% Guy Ritchie.
Rated 08 Jun 2019
60
34th
I can't say this movie is bad but it's far away from good. The cgi looks like straight out a videogame. The camera work and cuts are awkward. Sometimes it's pretty funny and than too serious again. The music is more displaced than limp Bizkit at a Postrock festival. But it's watchable and charming at times. What a ride.
Rated 01 Jul 2018
48
14th
For a brief, shining moment, KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD promises a welcome respite from chivalry: the first twenty minutes alone feature war elephants, a tentacle monster, and a nifty montage set to the movie's daringly weird musical score. However, Guy Richie's in-your-face style soon wears out its welcome, and can't compensate for a lack of substance in the script, where looking cool seems to be the only consideration.
Rated 30 Jun 2018
50
35th
eng; [King Arthur: Legend of the Sword]; arthur wird seines geburtsrechtes beraubt und kämpft seinen weg zum thron - mit excalibur an der seite.; (trailer passt nicht zum film);
Rated 25 Jun 2018
15
11th
Jude Law; a homicidal mid-transition art gallery owner from Croydon is intent on not letting Arthur ‘King of the Cockney Fruit n Veg Stall Owners Association & Billiards Club’ take his throne using his magic stick. And he will do literally anything that Ursula tells him to do in order to make his dream come true & for reasons unclear build an architecturally dubious tower. At least that’s what I got from it, along with a burning desire to combine red leather trousers & a sheepskin coat.
Rated 10 Aug 2017
70
15th
In limbo somewhere between entertaining enough and pretentious as all f*ck. A word to any other directors looking to make violent medieval-themed films with no blood at all: don't do it. It looks absurd. Hunnam is wooden, as always. Direction is shaky, both figuratively and literally.
Rated 17 Jan 2018
70
49th
I have my limits, but if a fantasy flick reaches a certain (fairly low) threshold of style and story, I wind up forgiving a whole lot. I don't know, the music was cool and Jude Law hams it up well. There's a scene with a giant snake that is of a quality the genre should regularly aspire to.
Rated 20 Jul 2017
10
19th
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is right up there with Amazing Spider-Man 2 as one of the worst big budget studio films I've ever seen.
Rated 13 May 2017
30
5th
The critics got this one right, nothing but a monsters 'n magic mess.
Rated 01 Oct 2017
30
2nd
Guy Ritchie can always be relied upon to deliver an over stuffed, over cooked, turkey.
Rated 13 May 2017
75
75th
This movie suffers from being part of the King Arthur lore. If this was a standalone film it would probably get much better ratings. It's fast-paced with great characters, great dialogue, and good action scenes. Perfectly balanced the wit of old Ritchie movies with a blockbuster scope.
Rated 19 May 2017
50
50th
Arthurian tales are pretty malleable. While some believe the medieval monarch might've been a real king or warlord, each literary era embellishes his legend in its own way. The stories told in the eighth century look much different than those told in the 12th, and both might look a bit unfamiliar to Arthurian fans from the 19th. Or the 21st, for that matter.
Rated 06 Aug 2017
53
30th
It's almost entertaining enough to pass the time. Too bad it bends itself backwards in too many ways, producing too much plot and too little character.
Rated 06 Jun 2017
84
55th
Yeah! Guy Ritchie is usually guaranteed to deliver a fun and visually visceral experience. King Arthur is no exception. It's action sequences are varied and the camera does wacky things, the editing is tight, the effects are overloaded but welcome in a world full of magic and absurd weapons. Everybody seems totally on board. Pretty goddamn fun. Didn't deserve to flop.
Rated 02 Sep 2017
65
38th
Ritchie's touch is apparent from the very first frames of the film, for better, and, more often than not, for worse, with haphazard editing, bizarre directorial decisions, and stilted development, but when "King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword" comes alive, oh boy does it ever. For every giant snake attack, there's a "Snatch"-esque retelling of a series of events that is captivatingly absurd. Perhaps the most unabashedly insane studio film I've seen in years. Make of that what you will.
Rated 02 Aug 2017
40
21st
Editing is awful and the CGI fights look like a video game due to the wildly spinning virtual camera. The usual Ritchie anachronism schtick. Another failed shared universe attempt,right down there with Dark Universe
Rated 26 Jul 2017
67
47th
Would probably work better as some kind of mini-series or something. That way it wouldn't have to take shortcuts when it comes to the emotional arc and the hero's journey, aka the interesting parts. Forget shaky-cam, now there's spazzy-cam! A completely new way of not letting the audience see any of the action! Brilliant! Also lots of lazy cgi. And some unnecessary plot twists. But cool medieval-fantasy stuff. And Ritchie humour, of course.
Rated 12 May 2017
35
27th
The only thing stupider than Sword mode is Mage mode. Guy Ritchie, go back to making real movies please.
Rated 24 May 2017
65
44th
ikinci yarıda yoğun plazma patlaması efekti olmasa, ilk yarıdaki gibi devam etse daha hoş bir film olabilirmiş.
Rated 05 Feb 2018
14
4th
I've never been jebaited so hard by positive buzz around a movie. The action is actually nauseating to watch.
Rated 16 Sep 2017
45
11th
Fucked a hole in my head. I left the theatre still alive but with a big hole in my head and everyone was commenting and whispering to each other about how they could see my brain and skull because of the hole.
Rated 07 Aug 2017
78
92nd
I don't care about the criticisms. I liked it. More reviews here : http://bit.ly/2qtGQoc
Rated 16 Jun 2017
77
52nd
It was actually a quite fun.
Rated 19 Jun 2017
40
8th
Guy Ritchie's King Arthur had me laughing at all the parts that most likely weren't meant to be humorous and groaning at those that were. It sets out to be a sleek modern-ish take on the legend with plenty of edgy banter, quirky characters and exhillerating action. It achieves none of these goals. The plot development is run-off-the-mill, the characters two-dimensional at best and the action sequences as well as the effects come off as unintentionally hilarious.
Rated 17 Sep 2017
67
71st
good movie
Rated 12 Aug 2017
60
19th
Film seyir zevki olarak iyi olsa da hikayenin çok hızlı ilerlemesi ve karakterlerin iyi işlenmemesi filmi zayıf kılıyor.
Rated 20 Aug 2017
75
37th
Fun pantomime. An irreverent romp through swashbuckling films of the 90s with added cockney non-sense, because...well why not...who says it all has to make sense.
Rated 19 May 2017
70
49th
As a fan of Guy Ritchie this film does not disappoint me. If you don't like his style, you will not like this film. The movie is filled with his trademark direction and I have to say it has a certain fresh take on the King Arthur story that actually works. It has some subtle comedic elements, really interesting fantasy elements and in the end while it does feel a bit rushed, it's a well put together film.
Rated 14 Jun 2017
71
52nd
Get rid of the CGI and fantasy schlock and you get a decent Guy Ritchie recipe done right.
Rated 10 Oct 2017
40
14th
So bad! Guy Ritchie meets King arthur = total mess! You can esily see he made the movie but he shouldn't have.Its like putting salt in your cofee.
Rated 14 Feb 2018
75
42nd
Pretty much just a popcorn flick. Entirely predictable, but pretty and entertaining.
Rated 18 Sep 2017
30
7th
Well, if you like something different, here it is. Eventhough I am always interested in seeing a different take on an old tale, this should have been thrown into the trash. The story didn't make much sense, and what the hell is up with the accent?? Is it just me or is that really distracting? Bana and Law fulfilled there role adequatly, the rest didn't. Not worth your time. 30/100.
Rated 04 Jun 2017
6
21st
Watch: On the big screen only if you need something that goes boom; otherwise a third-choice on Netflix is fine. 3D: Avoid with this one as it's poorly done Very Guy Ritchie (Read: fast dialogue between characters and scenes that jump back and forth a lot) It wasn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be, but I wouldn't call it a good movie, either. It suffered a lot from Oceans 12 Syndrome.
Rated 01 Aug 2017
50
77th
I liked that they treated the legend of King Arthur as a legend. The film grew that way and thankfully covered over the rather weak montage way it's actors had to work with. Actually the acting came across more as something out of a guilty pleasure TV production of the 90s.... with a ton spectacular special effects to to cover up the lack of soul in their presentation. But I liked the narrative fine and helped make it a much better experience than it could have been.
Rated 26 Jun 2017
69
71st
Watching this, I was scared that film grammar was slowly being reconfigured into pure swaggering pathos, montages and no scenes, impact and no lore. But then again Ritchie might just be a dick.
Rated 09 Oct 2017
51
17th
Guy Ritchie's snarky and lighthearted feel is sorely missed from this, while visually stunning, overcooked attempt to bring King Arthur back into a film franchise. (Standout performances by Aiden Gillian and Djimon Hondsou)
Rated 13 Dec 2017
70
77th
Entertainment: 4/4 -- Epic, smart, good acting. Spirituality: 1.5/3 -- "You give meaning to the devil." Sustainability: 1.5/3.
Rated 18 May 2017
8
87th
Haters gonna hate the fact that this movie has a thin plot and a rehashed setting, but for the directing and editing alone it's worth a high rating to me. Managing to pull off great storytelling out of a shitty story is a pretty hard thing to achieve, and it's exactly what you expect to see when you go to the theater to watch a Guy Ritchie movie, except better than most of his other movies. Good stuff.
Rated 10 Dec 2017
25
9th
A completely generic fantasy movie with a couple of familiar names slapped on the characters. And while I liked Ritchie's irreverent take on Sherlock Holmes, here it just feels forced and formulaic. And not to put too fine a point on it, but Hunnam ain't no Downey Jr.
Rated 11 Aug 2017
49
14th
It's needed to acknowledge the hard post-production work that this movie takes; good part of the movie is constructed with heavy edition/ soundtrack/photography, the movie was built on the post-production work (something that already is a Ritchie's signature). But, technically, it isn't a very good work. The acting looks artificial, the plot is decent but the direction not rarely makes it look too supernatural (unrealistic); the use of modern music is something that personally displeases me.
Rated 20 Jul 2017
90
59th
1502: not bad

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