The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

I enjoyed The Last Kingdom. As a series it wasn't perfect but it was reasonably watchable. Then along came the movie. I'll separate this into good and bad. Lets start with whats bad. Unsurprisingly, more woke revisionist history. Yes, female empowerment was a big thing in Saxon times, apparently. I had no idea. I thought women were relegated to mostly domestic roles and had little say. Que...

🎬 The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023) 🎬 **Seven Kings Must Die is an adequate film but an unnecessary disruption to a great ending for a show with a rewarding resolution.** Seven Kings Must Die is the conclusion of The Last Kingdom series. A conclusion that didn't feel necessary as the story ended with a satisfying resolution and characters we had grown to love over five seasons...

I really enjoyed the television series' following the adventures of "Uhtred" (Alexander Dreymon) as circumstances forced him to abandon his more Viking roots and support the aspirations of Alfred the Great to create a unified Kingdom of England. Alfred established something of that dream, but the death of his son Edward and the contested accession of the impressionable Aethelstan (Harry Gilby) see...