King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Film Review

Finished watching King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, directed by Guy Ritchie and staring Eric Bana, Rob Knighton, Jude Law and Charlie Hunnam. The opens with a large battle between Uther Pendragon's (Eric Bana) army and the forces of the mage Mordred (Rob Knighton) as Uther brings and end to the war between the humans and mages with the help of Excalibur. During the aftermath of the battle Uther's brother Vortigern (Jude Law) leads an uprising in Camelot which leads to Uther's death at the hands of a demonic figure as he puts his son, Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) into a boat under the castle in hope to save his life. After being raised by the a group of prostitutes from Londinium and continues helps the women with any bad customers and the upkeep of the place, Arthur soon finds himself on a boat back to Camelot as Vortigern has asked his soldiers to find any man of Uther son's age in hope to lift Excalibur form the stone that has recently revealed itself and claim it for himself. Overall this was a good film as it tells a different version of King Arthur's origin that not only does the film gives its own spin on the story but also have enough similarities to the classic tale for it to feel a part of that world. The amount of character development and interactions is great as Arthur slowly fits into the role of king, while some interactions being shown by cutting together two or more scenes at the same time helps to show the passing of time and what's going on at the same time extremely well. The action set pieces a good as the fight choreography is used very well while the large CGI scenes with Arthur and Excalibur look amazing with how the fights have been created even though the CGI feels out of place within the film with how it's been rendered. 7.5/10.