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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

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After the murder of his father, young Arthur's power-hungry uncle Vortigern seizes control of the crown. Robbed of his birthright, he grows up the hard way in the back alleys of the city, not knowing who he truly is. When fate leads him to pull the Excalibur sword from stone, Arthur embraces his true destiny to become a legendary fighter and leader.
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword piles mounds of modern action flash on an age-old tale -- and wipes out much of what made it a classic story in the first place.

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Karen Han Slashfilm If you can bear the bad patches, there's something dazzlingly fun at the heart of it all. Rated: 7/10 Dec 8, 2017 Full Review Jo Livingstone The New Republic Ritchie has reached into the medieval quiver of tales for material, but has not imposed the meta-narrative of Western history onto those stories. For this restraint medievalists should be thankful, and the critics should be a little more forgiving. Aug 15, 2017 Full Review K. Austin Collins The Ringer More swords, more stones, and more roundtables, please. Just not directed by Guy Ritchie. Aug 10, 2017 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …part of the reason that Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur film never seems to to get started is that it was intended to be the first entry in a six movie cycle of Arthurian films which was wisely canned the moment anyone set eyes on this shambles for the ages…. Rated: 2/5 Jul 28, 2025 Full Review Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword has nothing particularly earth-shattering to say; it's not a profound or innovative film. But it's full of joy and energy and ridiculous nonsense. Jun 12, 2025 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies The action is pretty good, and Jude Law is a hoot playing such a detestable slug of a human being. Rated: 3/5 Aug 22, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sonja D I came here to look at the reviews long after I watched and enjoyed it very much. And I am shocked at the horrible overall Tomatometer-rating. It’s a medieval/knight movie, get off your high horse and get with the fun. It’s not that deep, movie experts, I promise. The movie’s engaging, with a great cast, humor and action. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/27/25 Full Review Bumbling K Must see whether you like action or drama, or both. Riveting and engaging throughout. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/05/25 Full Review Audience Member I think most critics opinions of this movie are that of a typically bored “professional” with nothing more entertaining to do than to provide a false negative image of this movie. Personally I found this move to be endearing from the get go. It has the dark, magical medieval feel whilst Ritchie also implements his own twist on the tale as he normally does. The fast paced humour mixed with the more profound elements of the story make for an interesting story to get sucked into. Now I do think they could’ve slowed the general pace of the storyline especially given that this was supposed to be the first of 6 movies. they could have focused more on uthers reign and his battle against mordred and vortigens slow betrayal of his brother and then moved on to maybe a cliff hanger at the end setting up the next movie. However I believe this film deserves more credit, the casting was excellent, plenty of talent. enjoyable watch but of course not for everybody. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/25/25 Full Review Jenny B Charlie Hunnam trying to be Ragnar Lothbrok but failing miserably. God awful film with a poor story line which veers too far away from the legend. David Beckhams appearance made a mockery and after seeing his performance, I realised the rest of the film was gonna be sh*t. Guy Richies directing style has no place here and Game of Thrones/Snatch it certainly isn't. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/22/25 Full Review Feroz K I think the movie was awesome. Acting , cast , direction, cinematography was brilliant. Lacking in screenplay. Still the movie is worth watching... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/19/25 Full Review Dave C Loved it the first couple of times we watched. Watched again recently, and that hasn't changed. It's a well told, brilliantly cast, cleverly directed telling of the tale Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/15/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After the murder of his father, young Arthur's power-hungry uncle Vortigern seizes control of the crown. Robbed of his birthright, he grows up the hard way in the back alleys of the city, not knowing who he truly is. When fate leads him to pull the Excalibur sword from stone, Arthur embraces his true destiny to become a legendary fighter and leader.
Director
Guy Ritchie
Producer
Akiva Goldsman, Joby Harold, Tory Tunnell, Steve Clark-Hall, Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram
Screenwriter
Joby Harold, Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Ritchie/Wigram, Weed Road, Safehouse Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Sequences of Violence & Action|Brief Strong Language|Some Suggestive Content)
Genre
Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 12, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 20, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$39.1M
Runtime
2h 6m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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