King Arthur (2004)
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31% of critics liked it
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An ambitious attempt to wed the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table with known historical facts of the era, this action adventure drama begins with the fall of the Roman Empire in 450 A.D. as Roman armies flee the British Isles. Arthur (Clive Owen), a heroic knight and devoted… More An ambitious attempt to wed the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table with known historical facts of the era, this action adventure drama begins with the fall of the Roman Empire in 450 A.D. as Roman armies flee the British Isles. Arthur (Clive Owen), a heroic knight and devoted Christian, is torn between his desire to travel to Rome to serve his faith and his loyalty to the land of his birth. As England falls into lawlessness, Arthur throws in his lot with a band of knights who hope to restore order to their fair and pleasant land and hopes to win freedom for his comrades, among them Lancelot (Ioan Gruffudd), Galahad (Hugh Dancy), Tristan (Mads Mikkelsen), Gawain (Joel Edgerton), Bors (Ray Winstone), and Dagonet (Ray Stevenson). In time, Arthur and his men join forces with Merlin (Stephen Dillane), a shaman whose band of renegade knights were often pitched in battle against Roman forces. Forming a united front as loyal Englishmen against the invading Saxon armies, Arthur, Merlin, and the brave and beautiful Guinevere (Keira Knightley) are determined to unite a sovereign Britain under one army and one king. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Antoine Fuqua
- Written By
- David H. Franzoni
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- Jul 7, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- Buena Vista Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
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.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Gladiator lite.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
I loved the notion of the Dark Ages as the Wild West with swords. Thumbs up.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
If this is history demystified, give me myth.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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.
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Cast
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Clive Owen
as Artorious Castus
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Keira Knightley
as Guinevere
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Ioan Gruffudd
as Lancelot
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Stephen Dillane
as Merlin
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Stellan Skarsgård
as Cerdic
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Ray Winstone
as Bors
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Hugh Dancy
as Galahad
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Til Schweiger
as Cynric
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Mads Mikkelsen
as Tristan
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Ray Stevenson
as Dagonet
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Ken Stott
as Marius Honorius
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Charlie Creed-Miles
as Ganis
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Joel Edgerton
as Gawain
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Sean Gilder
as Jols
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Ivano Marescotti
as Bishop Germanius
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Lorenzo De Angelis
as Alecto
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Valeria Cavalli
as Fulcinia
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Pat Kinevane
as Horton


