Here, [Scott] powerfully deconstructs the framework of those macho tales while still delivering a thrilling big-budget epic.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2024

Despite being a historical film, The Last Duel is in tune with the current feminist wave, making a story from the past echo in the present, and without forcing this resource like most current films...

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 16, 2024

The tri-perspective story emphatically works. It also has the benefit of making room for three excellent performances from the leads.

| Jul 18, 2024

The Last Duel manages to deliver this message eloquently through a high-stake character study, another engaging piece of work from a knight in his own right, Sir Ridley Scott.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 15, 2024

The titular duel absolutely lives up to the hype. The brutality of the time is encapsulated perfectly in Ridley's vision.

| Feb 24, 2024

The Last Duel is really the best of both worlds: action-packed and devoted to the right side of history.

| Original Score: 7.9/10 | Oct 30, 2023

Rashomon may have inspired the story, but this is like the paper that Rashomon came wrapped in, a costume drama with modern relevance detailed in a highlighter pen. Everyone is locked up in the tragedy of their circumstances, but you don’t feel it.

| Sep 16, 2023

Ridley Scott’s best film in awhile. An epic, brutal, but intimate at its heart/soul of its story. A lot of this comes thanks to a fascinating script that brings a unique structure to the entire story.

| Jul 26, 2023

The actual duel is one of the most nerve-wracking sequences of the last few years, compensating the audience's patience with a satisfying climax.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 25, 2023

In The Last Duel, Comer does a magnificent job of portraying a smart, sensitive female trapped in a world where she is considered merely the property of a male.

| Jun 5, 2023

With the stakes set so high, Scott rises to the challenge and delivers a brutal, visceral “last duel” with complex narrative designs and a phenomenal carousel of performances.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 12, 2022

It’s troublesome, and thematically counterintuitive, that the violence is more believable than the on-the-nose manner in which the film handles discussion of the sexual assault; fortunately, both elements are equal in their lack of subtlety.

| Sep 15, 2022

Though slightly hobbled by its script’s unconventional style, The Last Duel soars when the sensational Jodie Comer takes center stage in the third act.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 1, 2022

Despite a stellar cast, a legendary director and a potentially interesting storytelling structure, the film itself fails to deliver on its stated purpose or provide adequate entertainment to overlook its shortcomings.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 22, 2022

The movie hits the mark, this has always happened, and things haven't changed much. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 28, 2022

It's Comer who shines the brightest in this film. She gives Marguerite a strong and powerful backbone that allows her to stand up for what's right and for all women.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 21, 2022

THE LAST DUEL is a super immersive production, brought to life by powerhouse performances, thats brutal and entertaining, as well as thought-provoking. Simply a great package.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 25, 2022

The Last Duels long runtime and grim subject matter may make it a difficult watch, but ... this is a brutal and highly effective historical drama that explores gender dynamics and egomania in a way thats depressingly still topical.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 28, 2022

Ridley Scott is still at the top of his game and the film gives Comer the iconic and impressive role needed to define a career.

| Original Score: A | Feb 15, 2022

Scott hasn't felt this engaged in his material for many years.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 12, 2022