Ironclad (2011)
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43% of critics liked it
(56 reviews) -
44% of users liked it
(9,873 ratings)
A ragtag group of Knights Templar hold out for months against the hard-fought siege of Rochester Castle in the thirteenth Century. Set in the time of King John's signing of the Magna Carta treaty, the group struggles against the King to defend the freedom of their country. "Judging from… More A ragtag group of Knights Templar hold out for months against the hard-fought siege of Rochester Castle in the thirteenth Century. Set in the time of King John's signing of the Magna Carta treaty, the group struggles against the King to defend the freedom of their country. "Judging from James Purefoy's bloody sword, the movie Ironclad is going to be a bloody feast! Well at least it will be somewhat historically accurate because the Siege of Rochester Castle was a damn bloody mess, a really hard-fought battle." -- (C) Arc Entertainment
- Directed By
- Jonathan English
- Written By
- Jonathan English, Erick Kastel
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- Jul 8, 2011 Limited
- Studio
- Arc Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Tom Long, Detroit News
Ironclad is as weighed-down as it sounds.
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Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
This English sword-battle drama is a mess. But there's a violent simplicity and a lack of pretentiousness that's refreshing.
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Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
The problem is that the movie is only swords and stage blood. The suits of armor are all empty.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
The loud, closely photographed limb-hacking becomes as monotonous as the movie's unrelentingly gray palette.
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post
A gore-filled guilty pleasure...
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Cast
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James Purefoy
as Marshall
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Brian Cox
as Albany
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Kate Mara
as Lady Isabel
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Derek Jacobi
as Cornhill
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Paul Giamatti
as King John
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Charles Dance
as Archbishop Langton
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Jason Flemyng
as Beckett
- Jamie Foreman
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MacKenzie Crook
as Marks
- Rhys Parry Jones
- Aneurin Barnard
- Vladimir Kulich
- David Melville
- Annabelle Apsion
- Steffan Rhodri
- Daniel O'Meara
- Guy Siner
- John Pierce Jones
- Jeff Jones
- Wyn Bowen Harries
- John Weldon
- Kenneth Collard
- Steve Purbrick

