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      Ironclad

      R 2011 2 hr. 1 min. Action Adventure List
      43% 54 Reviews Tomatometer 41% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score In the 13th century, a dedicated group of Knights Templar defends Rochester Castle against King John. Read More Read Less
      Ironclad

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      Ironclad serves up plenty of crunchy gore to sate action aficionados, but the sketchy story clunks like a suit of ill-fitting armor.

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      Richard L The amazingly talented cast of this low-budget medieval romp is wasted on a simplistic script so poorly directed it feels like a school play. Marred by inexplicable poor camera work and editing, even outside of the disjointed action scenes, a scale that couldn't be done justice at its budget, and a completely misplaced and unnecessary romance subplot, Ironclad is only worth watching for the medieval completionist. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/23 Full Review steve d It isn't quite as good as the story should be because it focuses too much on the fighting. It is still really interesting. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Israel Philip F A fight to the end sword swinging medieval film Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/14/22 Full Review Audience Member A brash exploitation medieval B-movie (medsploitation?) starring Paul Giamatti as a frankly insane King John, and Brian Cox as the leader of a group of the Knights Templar, it sounds like it could be fun. And in fits and bursts it's just that; set amongst the settling dust of the Magna Carta signing, King John decides to renegade on the agreement and retake control of his country. To have a chance of doing this he needs to take Rochester Castle, a strategically key location to access the rest of the country. The Knights Templar are sent by Archbishop Langton, author of the Magna Carter to stop King John and hold Rochester Castle, hopefully with the eventual help of the French. What follows is essentially a siege movie, with some violent battle sequences that you'd naturally expect. What Ironclad lacks however, is a sense of substance that you may have got with someone like Ridley Scott (on Gladiator [2000] form rather than Kingdom Of Heaven [2005]) or indeed Wolfgang Peterson. Paul Giamatti's King John is a joy to watch, but more for comedic value rather than for any degree of genuine menace; falling well short of Alan Rickman's momentous Sheriff of Nottingham in 1991's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Brian Cox is everything you'd expect of him and there are some enjoyable cameos here and there. Ironclad does what it says on the tin (you kind of know where you are from the producers of 300 [2006]) but if you want something more opulent, you'd be better off going elsewhere. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member It's not one of the best medieval movies, but it has its good moments, it could have been better if it had a bigger budget. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Not the greatest work of art, but good time fun medieval sword and shit, Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Tom Long Detroit News Ironclad is as weighed-down as it sounds. Rated: C- Jul 8, 2011 Full Review Joe Williams St. Louis Post-Dispatch As a critic who complains about painless and brainless action movies, I hoist a glass of mead to the men and maidens of "Ironclad." Rated: 3/4 Jul 8, 2011 Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times The loud, closely photographed limb-hacking becomes as monotonous as the movie's unrelentingly gray palette. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 8, 2011 Full Review R.L. Shaffer IGN DVD Terrific action spectacle and a great tattered and beaten performance from Paul Giamatti, but the film is largely lifeless and dull. Rated: 6/10 Jan 29, 2012 Full Review Sean Gandert Paste Magazine Most of the movie is so bland and has such a lack of passion for characters or story that it makes you wonder why anyone cared enough to make it. Rated: 5.2/10 Jul 22, 2011 Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk James Purefoy's Marshal is still bound by his Templar oaths, but will he be able to preserve his vow of chastity when Kate Mara's lady of the castle starts fondling his great big Templar sword? Jul 18, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis In the 13th century, a dedicated group of Knights Templar defends Rochester Castle against King John.
      Director
      Jonathan English
      Executive Producer
      Christian Arnold-Beutel, Evan Astrowsky, Graham Begg, Glenn Kendrick Ackermann, Uwe Feuersenger
      Screenwriter
      Jonathan English, Erick Kastel, Stephen McDool
      Production Co
      VIP 4 Medienfonds, Rising Star
      Rating
      R (Graphic Brutal Battle Seq.|Brief Nudity)
      Genre
      Action, Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Oct 1, 2016