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Play trailer 2:03 Poster for King Arthur PG-13 Released Jul 7, 2004 2h 6m History Drama Adventure Action War Play Trailer Watchlist
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In this interpretation of the classic tale, Arthur (Clive Owen) is a cavalry officer in the Roman army defending Hadrian's Wall against rebellious Britons. He and his troops are expecting to be relieved but are instead sent on a risky mission to rescue the Roman family of Marius Honorius, who proves a despicable torturer of pagans. Arthur frees one of them, Guinevere (Keira Knightley), who in turn brokers a truce between Arthur and the Britons so as to ward off an invading Saxon army.
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The magic is gone, leaving a dreary, generic action movie.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Entertaining, but ultimately forgettable. Rated: 3/5 Dec 24, 2010 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Maybe I'm too close to the material, maybe I wanted more from Bruckheimer and Fuqua than they could ever be expected to deliver. Rated: 1.5/4 Dec 13, 2005 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis Las Vegas Mercury Misguided, miscast, and completely misconceived, the wretched King Arthur is one of the grittier, more earnest failures to appear this summer. Rated: 2/5 Sep 9, 2004 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com This is a film devoid of soul. Rated: 1.0/4.0 Sep 13, 2020 Full Review Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News Summer action fare with just enough intelligence to put it above the mindless action films that usually litter multiplexes this time of year. Rated: B- Nov 16, 2019 Full Review Mark Steyn The Spectator Clive Owen is a very dour plonker of an Arthur and has zero chemistry with Keira Knightley. Jan 25, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Frans B I loved it, very good cinematography, amazing cast that excels in character, great writing and very nice locations. Great classic story and this iteration is most entertaining. Clive and Keira brings a ton of capable talent with them, very enjoyable to watch, notwithstanding the overall consensus here, that does not make any sense. Each to their own I guess, different strokes for different blokes. Watch it and decide then ... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/29/25 Full Review Mike D This is one of my all time favorite movies! The cast, the scenes, the story, everything was epic. Rotten tomatoes and anyone saying otherwise is nuts and have horrible taste. This is one of the greats. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/28/25 Full Review Audience Member Amazing cast, great cinematography. This is a fantastic movie, and also very fun. I quote it with my dad all the time, since I was 10. Watch this movie and enjoy it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/10/25 Full Review Luka H Ver good. Worth seeing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review Dani G They had good intentions... An attempt to demystify the legend and present a different version of what we've seen before of this tale, but it wasn't well executed Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/08/24 Full Review ANY1aBLUE Oh dear. Given the amount of ‘Arthurian' competition there is, you'd think a director wanting to make his mark would be careful about the casting and script - unfortunately, this one is so bad in both aspects it's laughable. The acting is tragically dreadful. The saving grace, if there is one, is that the storyline is interesting and the production quality good too. But that doesn't make this even averagely watchable. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/06/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this interpretation of the classic tale, Arthur (Clive Owen) is a cavalry officer in the Roman army defending Hadrian's Wall against rebellious Britons. He and his troops are expecting to be relieved but are instead sent on a risky mission to rescue the Roman family of Marius Honorius, who proves a despicable torturer of pagans. Arthur frees one of them, Guinevere (Keira Knightley), who in turn brokers a truce between Arthur and the Britons so as to ward off an invading Saxon army.
Director
Antoine Fuqua
Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter
David Franzoni, John Lee Hancock
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures, Touchstone Pictures
Production Co
Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Rating
PG-13 (Scene of Sensuality|Intense Battle Sequences|Some Language)
Genre
History, Drama, Adventure, Action, War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 7, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$51.9M
Runtime
2h 6m
Sound Mix
Surround
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