KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD (2017) - REVIEW

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

PG-13 | 2h 6min |Action, Adventure, Drama|17 May 2017 (Philippines)

 

 

Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy - whether he likes it or not.

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Writers:

Joby Harold (screenplay), Guy Ritchie (screenplay) | 3 more credits »

Stars:

Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Jude Law

 

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 2017 (Philippines) 

Also Known As:

Arthur & Lancelot 

 

Company Credits

Production Co:

Safehouse Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros.

 

Storyline

The young Arthur runs the back passages of Londinium with his crew, not knowing his royal lineage until he grabs Excalibur. Instantly confronted by the sword's influence, Arthur is forced to make up his mind. He joins the rebellion and a shadowy young woman named Guinevere. He must learn to understand the magic weapon, deal with his demons, and unite the people to defeat the dictator Vortigern, the man who murdered his parents and stole his crown to become king. 

 

Review

In a movie full of action with quick cuts, fast camera moves, and a high budget production comes King Arthur to the cinemas on May 17, 2017. It is a new version of the King Arthur, son of a prostitute, who does not know what his role in the world is, but he will find out very soon. He growth up in a world full of wars, and magicians like Merlin. This version of the movie is very special, so that you might have fun while watching but on the other side it is not a big box full of surprises because we all know what will happen in this movie. In my eyes the movie is just average but later on more about it.

The CAST starts with Charlie Hunnam as Arthur, you might know from Sons of Anarchy (2008) or from Pacific Rim (2013) or the Lost City of Z (2017  - REVIEW HERE). He is the rocker here in the movie, he has a huge problem with his past and he cannot believe what his destiny should be about. He has a rebel in his soul and he wants to keep on fighting for his rights and for his dreams. The movie takes its breaks sometimes, so that the scream for his wishes, which will come true becomes louder and louder while the movie keeps on going on.

Vortigern is played by Jude Law, an powerful, an evil, and a bad guy, who is ready to bring up victim for his lust and greed. This is an interesting part for his role because it makes him creating hat kind of character who gives some twists in the storytelling of the movie.

The Mage is played by Astrid Merges-Frisbey. She is literally crazy in her performance, especially when she is doing some magic. Like it because some parts are funny with this kind of seeing someone who is trying to do some serious magic. 

The CAMERA is rough and tough like a real drama, in the action sequences we have slow motions and fast motions, first time that I saw that, which make the movie harder and faster. The cuts are quickly we don't have a lot of breaks in the motion of the camera, but if then those moments are intense. We also have face-cams and so we have different view of filming, which is special for Guy Ritchie.

The MUSIC is super loud and special, like rock and hard rock.

The SETTINGS are like the real middle age, typical England landscapes and castles.

The EFFECTS are worse, too many CGI creatures and you can see that, they don't look like something is might have been worth for this budget.

 The movie has super loud music, super loud effects and super loud and fast talks and chats between the characters. For example there is a dialog between three guys and the creatures and the army is coming up in the background and the music gets more and more dramatic and they are talking faster and faster. It will be loud in the cinemas, that is for sure.

What I like about the movie is a storytelling which we all know transported into 2017 with a fast camera, loud effects and music, a great cast, and performance and choreographs which will take your breath away. Guy Ritchie gives this old story his typical stamp, we also have some jokes in there which are also typical for the director. So there for the screen is made and it is not only a fight and war movie, the 3-D effects are nice like a spear which will hit your eye and you are saying okay, nice effect here.

 What I did not like about the movie is that we all know the story and here it is no new surprise inside the storytelling, we know quickly while watching what will happen next and what will be the next step of the characters. Some effects are really bad. The theme of the trailers is really like this what we can expect/

7/10 for his action adventure drama genre
6/10 overall.

Thanks for reading and have fun while watching King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, starting next in the PH cinemas.