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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 Antoine Fuqua
Written by:
David Franzoni David Franzoni
Starring:
Stellan Skarsgård Stellan Skarsgård Keira Knightley Keira Knightley Clive Owen Clive Owen Ken Stott Ken Stott Ray Winstone Ray Winstone Til Schweiger Til Schweiger Hugh Dancy Hugh Dancy Mads Mikkelsen Mads Mikkelsen Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton Ioan Gruffudd Ioan Gruffudd Stephen Dillane Stephen Dillane Ivano Marescotti
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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
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
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
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
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
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
kramyessevKramYessev
Rated 22 Jan 2012
24
5th
It was a film. I think.
Rated 22 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
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
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
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
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
dustydDustyd
Rated 16 Sep 2007
50
22nd
randomly handsome, and not boring, but not good either.
Rated 16 Sep 2007
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
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
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
maakalmaakal
Rated 15 Apr 2011
40
5th
The most boring, joyless Camelot tale ever told
Rated 15 Apr 2011
astralartistAstralArtist
Rated 23 Feb 2008
85
53rd
Suprisingly good
Rated 23 Feb 2008
marcovazquezmarcovazquez
Rated 30 Aug 2014
90
95th
The soundtrack made it.
Rated 30 Aug 2014
bok_dongBok dong
Rated 19 Mar 2009
45
59th
this film is so stupid
Rated 19 Mar 2009
peeweePeewee
Rated 14 Oct 2008
88
52nd
coolio
Rated 14 Oct 2008
watchdogwatchdog
Rated 24 Nov 2008
100
95th
Dont really know why but one of my all time favorite of ALL time
Rated 24 Nov 2008
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
buggz79buggz79
Rated 07 Jan 2008
76
53rd
Pretty good battle scenes...
Rated 07 Jan 2008
montasqueMontasque
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
37th
I really wanted to like this movie; It had swords and bows and Romans and barbarians and the dude whos in ROME: The hbo show.......... but it was just kinda lame.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
fudgiebfudgieb
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
19th
They tried to do it well, but came up quite short.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
lynxLynx
Rated 28 May 2009
30
14th
I love the score. I could listen to it the whole day long. In fact, on some days I actually do. Unfortunately, the score was the only thing I could really enjoy in this movie. The plot is dull, the characters are flat (do the saxons really need to kill their own people for no reason at all and laugh at it just to make sure everyone realizes they're the bad guys?), the battle scenes are utterly ridiculous, and don't get me started on the alleged realism... (review based on the director's cut)
Rated 28 May 2009
luthar15luthar15
Rated 16 Dec 2008
60
66th
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
vince_leoVince Leo
Rated 14 Aug 2007
52
23rd
King Arthur is a boring spectacle, laughably delivered, with only the darkly moody cinematography and a decent performance by Clive Owen to keep it from sinking into abysmal levels.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
pigletPiglet
Rated 23 Jul 2009
50
14th
Historically too incorrect to even bother taking it seriously.
Rated 23 Jul 2009
ch866CH866
Rated 02 Mar 2010
84
31st
It sinned on the costume department...
Rated 02 Mar 2010
mrbeckmrbeck
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
25th
Really not as good as it should have been. Meeeddddiocre.
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
krikriKrikri
Rated 30 Apr 2008
50
37th
good actors but...
Rated 30 Apr 2008
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
cmonsterCMonster
Rated 01 Mar 2012
30
12th
Gonna be honest, I was bored. Not a good sign for an action movie.
Rated 01 Mar 2012
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 12 Dec 2006
71
29th
A fun enough action movie.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
joegayeskiJoeGayeski
Rated 25 Jul 2007
35
6th
Bruckheimer meets King Arthur. Somehow, Arthur ends up being absolutely LAME. Surprise? I don't think so. Fuqua, the black Michael Bay of Hollywood, has Clive Owen as the lead and wastes him. Way to go Antoine.
Rated 25 Jul 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
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
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
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
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
pfightmasterPfightmaster
Rated 09 Apr 2018
27
11th
Glorious schlock.
Rated 09 Apr 2018
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
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
vheujgevheujge
Rated 29 Jan 2010
30
8th
I remember it being extremely bland.
Rated 29 Jan 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
backwardsuitbackwardsuit
Rated 07 May 2017
55
17th
Acceptably amusing nonsense.
Rated 07 May 2017
purplekitty1purplekitty1
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
39th
cool chick power film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
teki_TEKI_
Rated 27 Feb 2009
10
10th
10
Rated 27 Feb 2009
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
bojanglesBojangles
Rated 21 Apr 2012
15
3rd
Very melodramatic and hokey with poor craftsmanship.
Rated 21 Apr 2012
bookhouseboybookhouseboy
Rated 03 Oct 2010
36
41st
#04#, popcorn, hype, story, Keira K
Rated 03 Oct 2010
00120012
Rated 27 Jun 2007
58
4th
Never before has a movie sucked the fun out of the movies as this one has.
Rated 27 Jun 2007
helfen419helfen419
Rated 19 Apr 2010
71
45th
Interesting but not very well executed
Rated 19 Apr 2010
metalhankmetalhank
Rated 01 Apr 2021
73
85th
I quite enjoy this version of the classic legend. The action and battle scenes are good and exciting. The acting is top notch by the main characters, and it has a fitting musical score to go along with it all.
Rated 01 Apr 2021
praxPrax
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
13th
Nothing special, don't remember much from it (meaning it wasn't important/good enough for me to remember.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
cstewart64CStewart64
Rated 19 Jul 2016
9
29th
W3E1P1S1V1M1A0R1.
Rated 19 Jul 2016
perrystroikaPerryStroika
Rated 07 May 2012
29
4th
I couldn't even watch the whole thing, it was so boring.
Rated 07 May 2012
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
lookjabbaLookJabba...
Rated 15 Oct 2014
6
41st
King Arthur is another example of the sorry state of so called epics in modern cinema. It's by no means a faithful adaption and although the scale should feel epic, it's somewhat bland and low key. But there is more than enough fun to be had. There are several casting issues. Knightley in particular. Owen & Gruffudd are debatable also. But the supporting cast of Winstone, Mikkelsen, Stevenson, Edgerton & Skarsgård are decent. The set pieces are strong and the directors cut is vastly superior.
Rated 15 Oct 2014
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
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
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
absentisabsentis
Rated 21 May 2007
23
9th
A movie that could have been so good... just a shame that it couldn't deliver. Think there was only one good line/moment in the film!
Rated 21 May 2007
mervtaylorMerv_Taylor
Rated 15 Jun 2012
35
13th
What
Rated 15 Jun 2012
annmovieAnnMovie
Rated 06 Mar 2008
40
3rd
Not dreadful. But not great. Not loads of development.
Rated 06 Mar 2008
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
seanberndorffSeanBerndorff
Rated 05 Apr 2010
20
3rd
"A spectacular, epic tale" - You've got to be kidding me...
Rated 05 Apr 2010
jemjem
Rated 14 Aug 2007
67
33rd
Quite good. Not terribly original
Rated 14 Aug 2007
coffeecoffee
Rated 05 Jan 2007
54
24th
Viral for the greatness of Saxons.
Rated 05 Jan 2007
daniellanDaniellaN
Rated 10 Aug 2008
73
46th
Total disappointment, especially since it's Kiera Knightly and Clive Owen.
Rated 10 Aug 2008
beautyblissBeautyBliss
Rated 13 Jun 2012
70
28th
A different take, but not an especially good one. [Worse than Leon, Matrix.]
Rated 13 Jun 2012
gamul1Gamul1
Rated 26 Nov 2021
90
81st
A different perspective on King Arthur that was much more believable
Rated 26 Nov 2021
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
slaasrsslaasrs
Rated 08 Feb 2013
79
57th
One of my favorite movies; except that each time I watch it seems less and less interesting. Still a fascinating watch and the character dynamic is amazing but I feel as if the century was poorly portrayed. Not to mention I get stupidly annoyed by the fact the Kiera Knightly's breasts are much larger on the cover than they really are.
Rated 08 Feb 2013
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
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 03 Mar 2014
60
36th
Completely forgettable except for Lancelot rocking that dope ass double short sword combo.
Rated 03 Mar 2014
theescapistTheEscapist
Rated 05 Sep 2021
61
23rd
I remember this not being very memorable.
Rated 05 Sep 2021
staypuftStay_Puft
Rated 14 Aug 2007
31
20th
Just bad.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
tathieltathiel
Rated 11 Oct 2008
49
7th
Well, it was entertaining to that degree as it was funny to talk about how "historical" that movie really is. Well done Mr.Fuqua and Mr.Bruckheimer. Only Clive Owen saves the day, he just good in every role no matter how bad the movie is around him.
Rated 11 Oct 2008
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
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
ytadelYtadel
Rated 14 Aug 2007
1
5th
Keira Knightley is the most miscast I've ever seen an actor be in a role, and the movie as a whole is a ridiculously dark, flat, and bland mockery of the Arthur myth. There's not an exciting beat to by found in the entirety.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
spaceflohspacefloh
Rated 27 Jan 2014
50
35th
ger; [king arthur]; arthur und seine ritter müssen ihren zwangsdienst für das römische reich leisten, dabei kämpfen sie gegen kelten und sachsen - doch durch eine wendung werden ziele und zugehörigkeit neu definiert.;
Rated 27 Jan 2014
lookinglandLookingLand
Rated 16 Nov 2007
30
30th
pretty, but didn't really care for it.
Rated 16 Nov 2007
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
stvesaStVeSa
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
11th
Another Hollywood pukefest. It's too bad the concept wasn't very good in the first place.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
cinemaasiaCinema_Asia
Rated 23 Feb 2010
60
30th
Interesting twist of the King Arthur tale that could have been good but zig zags into conventional Hollywood stuff territory. Has a few good action sequences but the writing and interpretation of the King Arthur characters are very mediocre.
Rated 23 Feb 2010
yohenYohen
Rated 22 Nov 2008
37
9th
That movie was supposed to be great.
Rated 22 Nov 2008
riverriversRiverRivers
Rated 30 Jun 2014
28
23rd
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
rewilde-brewilde
Rated 04 Mar 2011
89
84th
Surprisingly good, at least for me. Silly but very entertaining.
Rated 04 Mar 2011
frederFreder
Rated 02 Mar 2011
5
11th
Feh.
Rated 02 Mar 2011
mfidler1mfidler1
Rated 09 Aug 2009
68
22nd
I love Keira Knightley, and this would be one the first films I noticed her in. I also happen to enjoy some Clive Owen films more than I should. This was not one of them
Rated 09 Aug 2009

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