Last Knights

A fallen warrior rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master.

Director: Kazuaki Kiriya
Writers: Michael Konyves (screenplay), Dove Sussman (screenplay)
Stars: Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie

Details
Country: Czech Republic | South Korea
Language: English
Release Date: 3 April 2015 (USA)
Also Known As: The Last Knights
Filming Locations: Czech Republic
Runtime: 115 min
Sound Mix: Dolby | Dolby Digital
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

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Storyline
A fallen warrior rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master in a sword-clashing adventure of loyalty, honor, and vengeance
Movie Reviews
A film starring Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman ? Hardly striking casting but Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman starring in ye olde merry days of Europe . Ah I've got it now Owen will be playing a medieval king and Freeman will be playing a character picked up from his travels , you can still have non-white characters in a movie set in Europe five hundred years ago . Oh hold on Morgan Freeman plays the king ! Add to this Indian and Asiatic cast members and you've got something that doesn't really work
I'm going to have to be very careful what I say here in case I'm picked up wrong but If you're casting a medieval movie and you've employed the united colours of Benneton there should be a good reason for this . In fact it's the perfect opportunity to make a screwball post modernist satire similar to BLAZING SADDLES with swords and one wonders how much fun Quinten Tarantino would have had with LAST KNIGHTS ? Here however there's not the slightest hint of self awareness , post modernism , irony or anything else hinting that the film is laughing at itself or its audience or its genre
This is the major failing of LAST KNIGHTS and I don't think I've seen such a serious , po -faced film for a long time , Each and every single scene is treated with absolute reverent seriousness , so much so you fear that anyone rustling sweet papers or coughing in the cinema will instantly be put to death . Someone somewhere behind the scenes seems to be under the impression the more serious a film is it equates to it being a better film . This is certainly not the case here otherwise it'd a serious contender for best picture at next years Oscars . I do concede it has more chance than FIFTY SHDES OF GREY of winning awards that's hardly an earth shattering prediction
Ignoring the suggestion that medieval Europe was a melting pot there is an annoying irritant that is far harder to ignore and that is everyone tends to speak in a different sounding accent . Some characters have oriental accents , some English accents , some American accents and some characters have generic European accents and when they're all speaking heavy sombre Shakespearian type dialogue it's hugely annoying and distracting . If you're doing a film like this at least have an exclusive classically trained Brit cast all speaking in the same accent or do the absolute opposite and have Samuel L Jackson ride in to town to chop off some mother effing heads with a mother effing sword . Now that would be a great film
Oh BTW can the people who worked on the film please stop registering with the site so they can write a glowing review saying LAST KNIGHTS deserved 10/10 . Thanks in advance