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King Arthur (2004)
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Less a “re-imagining” of the Arthurian legend and more a Dark Ages-set remake of The Magnificent Seven, this Jerry Bruckheimer production still manages to be an occasionally exciting adventure with convincingly staged battle scenes. Most of the traditional elements are missing — there's no wizardry, no Camelot and no love triangle — so instead we get Arthur (a subdued Clive Owen) recast as a soldier with British lineage serving in the Roman army, and Guinevere (Keira Knightley) as a woad-wearing warrior. With the mystical nature of the original myth dismissed, what remains is a mud-splattered western-style stand-off, with Arthur and his six loyal knights posted to Hadrian's Wall to repel a Saxon invasion. The knights all look the part — particularly Ray Winstone, who almost steals the film as the hard-fighting father of numerous illegitimate children — but the would-be rousing speeches and obligatory love scene fall flat. GM
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Running time
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120min
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Country of origin
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US / Ire / UK
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Genre
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Period Action Adventure
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Alternate title
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Knights of the Round Table
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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David Franzoni
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Theatrical distributor
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Buena Vista
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UK cinema certificate
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12A
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UK cinema release date
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July 2004
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