King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017 126 min ★ 6.6 Action, Drama, Fantasy

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

Charlie Hunnam

Arthur

Jude Law

Vortigern

Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey

The Mage

Djimon Hounsou

Bedivere

Eric Bana

Uther Pendragon

Aidan Gillen

William "Goosefat Bill"

Freddie Fox

Rubio

Craig McGinlay

Percival "Percy"

Tom Wu

"Kung Fu" George

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Tristan "Wet Stick"

Details

Director

Guy Ritchie

Screenplay

Joby Harold

Tagline

"From nothing comes a King"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$175,000,000

Revenue

$149,175,066

Production

Village Roadshow Pictures, Weed Road Pictures, Wigram Productions, Safehouse Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures

Reviews

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Gimly

July 25, 2017

★ 5/10

It's hard to try and recommend this latest reimagining of the Arthurian legend. It's not very good, but it comes across as the sort of movie that might be a really cool time to see on the big screen. Unfortunately, by now it's finished its theatrical run, and because its not very good, I can't imagine it will ever get another one. So the one way I would like to see it, is a way it can no longer be...

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Reno

November 29, 2017

★ 7/10

**A different take on the sword in the stone!** This one came with a little surprise. I know it was a Guy Ritchie film and I had enjoyed all his previous flicks. But for some reasons, I felt I'm not that interested in this. Even trailer looked okayish. Watching the film now I realised that I've totally misjudged it. Still not a masterpiece, but a much better entertainer. The graphics were aweso...

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Dark Jedi

December 30, 2017

★ 8/10

These days have been a bit of a movie marathon with the kids being here since the 24th so we have made quite a dent in the to-watch shelf of my movie collection. Yesterday it was time for some rehashing of the Pendragonian legends in the form of King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword. Usually I find it dangerous business to mess with classical and well proven stories. Do not fix what is not broken ...

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fenicka

July 4, 2018

★ 9/10

When this movie came up last year, I didn't know Guy Ritchie so I thought like why would people do such stupid movies. Then I learned about Guy Ritchie and his wonderful movies but my thoughts still continued; why would Guy Ritchie make a movie that looks so different from his style. Today, I've finally watched the movie and I regret everything I've thought. At first 10 minutes you get bored a l...

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Filipe Manuel Neto

June 19, 2022

★ 5/10

**Lots of action, lots of CGI, lots of money, lots of anachronism mistakes, little historical sense and little investment in the characters in a movie made to be forgotten.** I can't count the films that already exist about the Arthurian legends, or their characters or elements. I could cite several examples, but I believe that each of the readers will be aware of this and will have already see...