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King Arthur

King Arthur

2004
Drama, Action
2h 6m
A spectacular, epic tale of one man's destiny to become a king. (Touchstone Pictures)

Directed by:

Antoine Fuqua

Screenwriter:

David Franzoni

Starring:

Stellan Skarsgård, Keira Knightley, Clive Owen, Ken Stott, Ray Winstone, Til Schweiger, Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Joel Edgerton, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane, Ivano Marescotti

Genres:

Drama, Action, Adventure, War, History

Countries:

Ireland, UK, USA

Languages:

English, Latin, Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, Welsh
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King Arthur

2004
Drama, Action
2h 6m
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Rated 14 Jan 2010
8
3rd
The poster that inflated Knightley's boobs is responsible for mass deception on a scale only rivalled by the pretext for the invasion of Iraq.
Rated 14 Jan 2010
angrypierreangrypierre
Rated 02 Mar 2007
1
0th
The only thing tha could've saved this film was if some kind of prehistoric monster had burst throuhg from underneath the frozen lake and eaten everyone. FOr a film so pained in it's desire to be taken seriously as being "historical" the shear amount of utter bullshit in it is laughable. SInce when did the ancient Brittons invent greek fire urns? And how do the saxons have crossbows? And how do the brittons have longbows for that matter? And why is one of them a samurai? Just. Not. Good. Eno
Rated 02 Mar 2007
skenkereSkenkere
Rated 01 Mar 2007
10
1st
King Arthur, Clive Owen, Kiera Knightley. Sounds good, right? FUCKING WRONG HOLY SHIT THIS MOVIE WAS BAD.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
monstergearMonsterGear
Rated 03 Apr 2007
55
15th
During the huge final battle, there is a lot of dirt flying around. Huge amounts of it. Therefore, my friend and I concluded that an awesome monster truck show was happening just off-camera. I want to see that movie instead.
Rated 03 Apr 2007
jimmynmujimmynmu
Rated 14 Aug 2007
4
1st
A real turd. Incredibly poor film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
askailAskail
Rated 14 Aug 2007
29
4th
I enjoyed making fun of this movie more than actually watching it. Otherwise I would've given it even a lower score. Drink every time you see a cliche!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
critickerkawcritickerkaw
Rated 11 Mar 2008
65
5th
Zzzz. Even the attractive-and-talented Owens couldn't make this movie more interesting. How a tale of King Arthur could be made boring is beyond me--yet here is proof.
Rated 11 Mar 2008
chmulcr0nchmul_cr0n
Rated 18 Jan 2012
31
4th
so shallow and towards the end annoyingly boring. cool performance by knightley, though. maybe because she played the only fully formed or...actual...charater.
Rated 18 Jan 2012
servantdagonServantDagon
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
2nd
Some good actors and technical crew utterly wasted on a script as moronic as this.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 31 Jul 2009
1
1st
This is honestly one of the worst films I have ever seen. It is just a total fucking mess. The casting, the screenplay, the acting, the action, the editing... its all just a complete and utter disaster. The whole film is full of meaningless rubbish, passed off as a plot. The final battle is laughable, it just looks terrible and has absolutely no style or quality in terms of true artistic content or directorial talent. If you watch this and like it, then you deserve a good hard slap. Awful.
Rated 31 Jul 2009
doctor7doctor7
Rated 24 Feb 2007
22
13th
Jerry Bruckheimer "historical" film. Lame action and Keira Knightley is ridiculously skinny and looks nothing like a warrior. Clive Owen is in this, however, and brings it up from single digit rating. Honestly this isn't worth watching.
Rated 24 Feb 2007
karakandKarakand
Rated 01 Sep 2021
5
8th
Normally a King Arthur movie plays it straight for a bit before collapsing in on the general inability of filmmakers to mediate the mythic parts of the legend with its more plausible components. 2004's King Arthur dispenses with this trajectory altogether by opening with the question, "What if the knights of the round table were Sarmatians?" For once I'm glad to have a character limit here, otherwise I'd pontificate at length about various facets of this poor outing.
Rated 01 Sep 2021
dustydDustyd
Rated 16 Sep 2007
50
22nd
randomly handsome, and not boring, but not good either.
Rated 16 Sep 2007
yoejoyoejo
Rated 09 May 2008
41
2nd
There are historic mistakes every minute. The only highlight is Keira Nightley, dressed with nothing but a leather strap, fighting an army of bastards in the cold, snowy scottish winter on a froozen lake.
Rated 09 May 2008
battletoadBattleToad
Rated 14 Aug 2007
45
13th
The epic story of King Arthur was toned down to make it seem more realistic for film for no good reason. If you want to make a great movie about King Arthur, show some respect to the legend, and go all out. The concept was cool, but it might as well have been any random group of knights doing their thing. The fact that it's Arthur leaves much to be desired. Crap!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
recklessmessrecklessmess
Rated 27 Jan 2017
70
48th
To say they took liberties with the Arthur legend would be an understatement. First off, they completely left out the Knights Who Say "Ni!", Sir Robin (the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot), the Rabbit of Caerbannog, and Tim. But otherwise, it kept me entertained.
Rated 27 Jan 2017
kramyessevKramYessev
Rated 22 Jan 2012
24
5th
It was a film. I think.
Rated 22 Jan 2012
nandorizzinandorizzi
Rated 17 Nov 2007
30
19th
The cinema is full of movies so, and this is one that does not add anything.
Rated 17 Nov 2007
buggz79buggz79
Rated 07 Jan 2008
76
53rd
Pretty good battle scenes...
Rated 07 Jan 2008
mr_filmMr. Film
Rated 26 Jul 2010
33
18th
How many films have tried to be an epic and fail in the last decade? Its an unknown cipher, but you can count on that you will find this film on the list
Rated 26 Jul 2010
bookhouseboybookhouseboy
Rated 03 Oct 2010
36
41st
#04#, popcorn, hype, story, Keira K
Rated 03 Oct 2010
beautyblissBeautyBliss
Rated 13 Jun 2012
70
28th
A different take, but not an especially good one. [Worse than Leon, Matrix.]
Rated 13 Jun 2012
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 12 Dec 2006
71
29th
A fun enough action movie.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
pigletPiglet
Rated 23 Jul 2009
50
14th
Historically too incorrect to even bother taking it seriously.
Rated 23 Jul 2009
perrystroikaPerryStroika
Rated 07 May 2012
29
4th
I couldn't even watch the whole thing, it was so boring.
Rated 07 May 2012
luthar15luthar15
Rated 16 Dec 2008
60
67th
legoman666legoman666
Rated 10 Apr 2010
60
18th
The battle at the end of the movie was so long that I started to nod off. I had to skip to the finale in order to stay awake. Dull plot, bunch of characters you don't care about even with heavy hitters like Clive Owen and Keira Knightley. Complete waste of 2 hours.
Rated 10 Apr 2010
frederFreder
Rated 02 Mar 2011
5
11th
Feh.
Rated 02 Mar 2011
jptremorsJPTremors
Rated 11 Dec 2011
79
48th
I actually liked this one, kind of a different spin from the typical legend.
Rated 11 Dec 2011
jpdoumeyroujpdoumeyrou
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
67th
unusual treatment of this epic. interesting historic hypothesis, great outdoor view, a good moment
Rated 14 Aug 2007
staypuftStay_Puft
Rated 14 Aug 2007
31
20th
Just bad.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
svicciarellisvicciarelli
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
8th
Dreadfully dull and uneven. My guess is because the studio wanted a PG-13.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
thedenizenTheDenizen
Rated 24 Jan 2007
60
40th
Pretty silly for a film supposedly based on historical fact, but it has some exciting action scenes, and the story moves along at a good pace.
Rated 24 Jan 2007
phunkypbjphunkypbj
Rated 17 Feb 2008
75
11th
Pretty weak, but Clive Own is looking particularly hot in it--which was enough for at least the first hour.
Rated 17 Feb 2008
jackpulpJackPulp
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
14th
I really didn't like this movie because when i htink of king arthur i think of magic and dragons
Rated 14 Aug 2007
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 25 Sep 2010
60
26th
Some terrible writing and a few miscast roles, still this has it's moments, with a big talented cast.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
ununniliumUnunnilium
Rated 09 Mar 2024
10
3rd
(Director's Cut) The most 2004-ass movie (derogatory) I've ever seen. It's not really interested in the concept of King Arthur, but it *is* interested in you knowing how Real and Historically Accurate it is, despite all the flagrantly made-up nonsense. What it wants to be is the least fun parts of Lord of the Rings, and what it is is eye-searingly color-graded, flatly masculine, full of generic characters with no arc cast as identical white dudes, and slow and boring as fuck.
Rated 09 Mar 2024
asimasim
Rated 14 Aug 2007
45
16th
I really want to like this film more. The issue is, of course, that there's a film about very traditional heroes in here, blended with a tale about anthropology. It's dark, foreboding, and not a lot of fun, but not in ways that really touch you as a viewer. Oh, and Keira half-neekid, which is just damn distracting, and doesn't help the film overmuch. There's a good film in their somewhere, I know.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
annmovieAnnMovie
Rated 06 Mar 2008
40
3rd
Not dreadful. But not great. Not loads of development.
Rated 06 Mar 2008
fenixdownfenixdown
Rated 16 Jul 2009
47
8th
Take classic literary characters and saturate them with modernist sensibilities, and you'll have a movie that is watchable, but frustrating.
Rated 16 Jul 2009
bagarbjorneBagarbjorne
Rated 22 Jul 2012
20
0th
I like the Arthur tale in all of its forms, both in books and movies, from Monty Python to Avalon. Except for this version. They basically took the names and ripped out all story. I remember a scene where ca 5 guys defeats an entire army marching over a frozen lake by firing a few arrows at the lake...
Rated 22 Jul 2012
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 22 Jul 2022
40
6th
Attempted gritty “reimagined” version of the Arthur legend never gains traction because of the uneasy compromise it strikes between silly action and more grounded realism – the characters are too paper thin to take seriously, and the film is so grim (and brutally bloody) that it is hard to go with as a good time. Well cast, especially Owen, Knightley and Gruffudd – periodically comes to life during the action scenes (and the AVATAR cosplay in the final battle is good for a giggle).
Rated 22 Jul 2022
misterlizardmisterlizard
Rated 06 Jul 2013
10
12th
In a post-Game of Thrones world this looks like an amateur dramatics production attempting to do the same tale.
Rated 06 Jul 2013
lolcheeselolcheese
Rated 02 Oct 2009
5
19th
how did this get made
Rated 02 Oct 2009
coffeecoffee
Rated 05 Jan 2007
54
24th
Viral for the greatness of Saxons.
Rated 05 Jan 2007
imthatdingoImThatDingo
Rated 06 Feb 2009
20
25th
Holy shit was this dumb. I can't even go into it right now...I wouldn't even know where to start.
Rated 06 Feb 2009
torustorus
Rated 08 Mar 2009
35
37th
Enjoyable as a replacement for TV or an airplane movie. Overall pretty dumb.
Rated 08 Mar 2009
peeweePeewee
Rated 14 Oct 2008
88
52nd
coolio
Rated 14 Oct 2008
tj_monsterTJ monster
Rated 27 Dec 2021
40
8th
cringey, not enough good acting, non important soundtrack. No lasting film impact. and it is for a young and child brain set. not for someone who can put a thought together on there own
Rated 27 Dec 2021
fudgiebfudgieb
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
19th
They tried to do it well, but came up quite short.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
repolhorepolho
Rated 16 Aug 2010
20
3rd
Crap.
Rated 16 Aug 2010
guy-piranhaguy piranha
Rated 16 Mar 2011
45
17th
there's til schweiger in it.
Rated 16 Mar 2011
mervtaylorMerv_Taylor
Rated 15 Jun 2012
35
13th
What
Rated 15 Jun 2012
marcovazquezmarcovazquez
Rated 30 Aug 2014
90
95th
The soundtrack made it.
Rated 30 Aug 2014
spoonerspotspoonerspot
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
77th
I am a Clive Owen fan because of this movie
Rated 14 Aug 2007
rewilde-brewilde
Rated 04 Mar 2011
89
84th
Surprisingly good, at least for me. Silly but very entertaining.
Rated 04 Mar 2011
mjvmoviemanMJVmovieMan
Rated 25 Mar 2007
71
52nd
Clive Owen makes for an appealing hero, and the action on display does not disappoint.
Rated 25 Mar 2007
cinegeekdecinegeek.de
Rated 08 Mar 2016
60
4th
"For centuries, countless tales have been told of the legend of King Arthur. But the only story you've never heard ... is the true story that inspired the legend." (Trailer). Uuuhh! Buuuh! Gibt es nicht eher Parallelen zum Irak Krieg?... mehr auf cinegeek.de
Rated 08 Mar 2016
whisperinalwhisperin_al
Rated 15 Sep 2007
70
14th
The concept is good and the action sequences are nicely done; however, the movie is seriously let down by a really poorly researched story and some poor scripting. It could have been so much more with a little more thought.
Rated 15 Sep 2007
mistersplicemistersplice
Rated 12 May 2007
35
10th
3+ might want to skip this one :: Guinevere and the scene on the ice were the only things worth watching.
Rated 12 May 2007
mwestcottmwestcott
Rated 27 Nov 2018
31
8th
King Arthur is for the most part entirely pointless. It has nothing new or interesting to bring to the often adapted legend. In the end the whole thing feels generic. Luckily we have Clive Owen and Stellan Skarsgård to elevate the film beyond its own limited ambition.
Rated 27 Nov 2018
elahnElahn
Rated 11 Sep 2010
92
90th
Awesome. I don't normally like period dramas, but this was great. Acting/story/cinematography all great. In fact, I might sit down and watch it right now!
Rated 11 Sep 2010
kingbob939KingBob939
Rated 08 Nov 2007
88
56th
Yay! Knightley!!!
Rated 08 Nov 2007
helfen419helfen419
Rated 19 Apr 2010
71
45th
Interesting but not very well executed
Rated 19 Apr 2010
matthew_parkinsonMatthew Parkinson
Rated 17 Oct 2010
40
31st
King Arthur is a film that tried hard to be something great, and ended up being just mediocre. The dialogue feels unnatural, and plays out more like multiple speeches used in a debate than anything else. There aren't even many real action scenes to hold your interest throughout. There is one actual large-scale battle, and the other action scenes are just boring. It's a shame, as the acting is on the whole fairly good. Too bad that can't save King Arthur from being too boring to be entertaining.
Rated 17 Oct 2010
wanderkidwanderkid
Rated 15 Dec 2008
50
8th
Any movie about Arthur that ends with him getting married to Gwenivere is a waste of story.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
corbadCorbad
Rated 04 Nov 2018
75
66th
It has its share of silly moralizing and unconvincing deus ex and the director's cut is perhaps overlong, but the group of heroes is greatly appealing, the action is engaging, and the cinematography is absolutely stunning. A good medieval picture.
Rated 04 Nov 2018
glmglm
Rated 06 Feb 2012
63
32nd
62.500
Rated 06 Feb 2012
bossiBossi
Rated 17 Mar 2008
80
74th
Entertaining. The battle scenes are exciting. Supposed to be based on historical facts and believable. Sometimes maybe, but mostly it is not believable a bit. So many historical and logical mistakes. Therefore it is just entertaining and not for people adoring classical Arthurian legends. I love the music best.
Rated 17 Mar 2008
slantmagSlantMag
Rated 24 Oct 2010
20
41st
"Antoine Fuqua's unremarkably competent direction never elevates the material above second-rate Braveheart schlock." - Nick Schager
Rated 24 Oct 2010
nearphotisonNearphotison
Rated 11 May 2011
64
40th
Not a bad sword fluff film if you pretend the character's names are coincidence. I would've still preferred a more faithful adaptation, complete with all the magic and fun intact. Keira Knightley is miscast, however, and is laughable as any kind of femme fatale.
Rated 11 May 2011
geodaciusGeodacius
Rated 03 Sep 2007
68
35th
Decent action. But why are the saxons vikings?? The normans were the decendents of norse and danes.
Rated 03 Sep 2007
joshk84joshk84
Rated 13 Sep 2007
58
24th
I actually kind of liked this movie, as it is much closer to the real tale of King Arthur. I had problems with it in many ways though, and the cast was not as good as i had hoped for, but it was still alright.
Rated 13 Sep 2007
mrbeckmrbeck
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
25th
Really not as good as it should have been. Meeeddddiocre.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
pfightmasterPfightmaster
Rated 09 Apr 2018
27
11th
Glorious schlock.
Rated 09 Apr 2018
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 03 Mar 2014
60
36th
Completely forgettable except for Lancelot rocking that dope ass double short sword combo.
Rated 03 Mar 2014
riverriversRiverRivers
Rated 30 Jun 2014
28
22nd
Saw this in theaters, where my friend and I had a great time making fun of this the entire movie. Would love an MST3K version of this.
Rated 30 Jun 2014
uniquenameUniqueName
Rated 15 Jan 2009
30
4th
This is bad.. just bad...
Rated 15 Jan 2009
astralartistAstralArtist
Rated 23 Feb 2008
85
53rd
Suprisingly good
Rated 23 Feb 2008
thehynesthehynes
Rated 30 Aug 2013
36
6th
Now,I'm not a Don in dark age history at Oxford University & never have been & certainly never will be but...........good lord,this film's attempt at historical accuracy is utterly atrocious in each and every way.The film that's built around this appallingly bad take on the past is similarly poor. How to crap all over a famous legend...way to go guys.
Rated 30 Aug 2013
cstewart64CStewart64
Rated 19 Jul 2016
9
29th
W3E1P1S1V1M1A0R1.
Rated 19 Jul 2016
rdwn29905rdwn29905
Rated 14 Aug 2007
13
10th
very close to garbage with the guy that played Horatio Hornblower as a tough guy...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
mrcarmadyMrCarmady
Rated 15 May 2011
62
10th
I don't remember it that well, except I watched it when I was obsessed with swords and sandals movies. It's not as bas as people say, I think. Sure, its story is as much bullshit as the Arthur legend, but there's a great battle on ice which is a homage to Eisenstein = respect.
Rated 15 May 2011
bok_dongBok dong
Rated 19 Mar 2009
45
59th
this film is so stupid
Rated 19 Mar 2009
kilo_limakilo-lima
Rated 25 Nov 2007
40
20th
Tolerable, if I'd watched it in the cinema and paid $20 I'd have been extremely annoyed. But the Bangkok pirates only charged me 80 Baht for it, which is an accurate reflection of this film's worth.
Rated 25 Nov 2007
arossaross
Rated 21 Nov 2016
53
7th
bad and forgettable
Rated 21 Nov 2016
punchy_mcgooPunchy-McGoo
Rated 23 Jan 2009
32
8th
I love...LOVE movies where people kill each other with swords. This one was terrible.
Rated 23 Jan 2009
hakkanarejohakkanarejo
Rated 11 Aug 2015
85
29th
Clive Owen did manage to impress me more this time around than I he did in the debacle of a film he played in last year with Angelina Jolie, Beyond Borders, and Ioan Gruffudd was an excellent Lancelot that was not given nearly enough screen time or fighting scenes as I would have LOVED to had seen those double swords in action.
Rated 11 Aug 2015
sarahg1988SarahG1988
Rated 24 Jun 2008
58
9th
Suffered from a lack of chemistry between the three main leads and a less than interesting stroy to follow
Rated 24 Jun 2008
kavuKavu
Rated 14 Aug 2007
74
54th
Ok maybe it's not as good as I first thought but I still liked it more than most. Keira is hot and the action is good.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
silvioxsilviox
Rated 01 Jun 2008
70
9th
It has been some time since I watched it, but the feeling is good, I recommend for those who loved medieval stuff, with a classical romantic adventure
Rated 01 Jun 2008
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 25 Jan 2009
75
74th
Very entertaining although. No idea why.. I guess Owen and Knightley and Merlin and the rest of Owens clan pulled it off.
Rated 25 Jan 2009
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 01 Mar 2007
25
6th
Poor but passes the time.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
chemtrailschemtrails
Rated 03 Oct 2009
30
13th
Shit
Rated 03 Oct 2009
ndsurfer8908NDsurfer8908
Rated 27 Apr 2009
85
60th
An amazing realistic portrayal of Arthur.
Rated 27 Apr 2009
stevemoserstevemoser
Rated 11 Jan 2009
80
38th
This one wore me out. Or maybe I was just tired when I saw it.
Rated 11 Jan 2009
age_jellemaAge Jellema
Rated 08 Dec 2008
75
54th
A good film just for entertainment.
Rated 08 Dec 2008
leshiileshii
Rated 11 Sep 2007
58
33rd
Kind of boring. Kind of nonsensical. Kind of everything not very good with movies but Clive Owen's alright, I like Ray Winstone and Ray Stevenson and... that's about it.
Rated 11 Sep 2007
cotote2018Cotote2018
Rated 11 Jul 2012
83
79th
It's got a nice atmosphere but it all feels rather standard. I still like it though.
Rated 11 Jul 2012
johnshaftjohnshaft
Rated 04 Jul 2009
55
19th
Tries to be gritty and serious, but it essentially ruins the magic inherent to the story. Clive Owen is fine, and Ray Winstone is good as well, but many of the other characters are just plain boring. Still a moderately enjoyable film, but a relentlessly mediocre one none-the-less.
Rated 04 Jul 2009

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