Legend of the Sword tells roughly the same story you've seen in every other King Arthur movie over the years, with some changes in style and substance.
Legend of the Sword gives us young Arthur, who is sent away from the kingdom of Camelot by his father Uther Pendragon, when Uther's brother Vortigern overthrows his rightful rule. Arthur is raised in a brothel, and learns to survive on the street, becoming a mid-level street thug, running protection rackets, smuggling, etc. One day the legendary sword that gave Uther his power is revealed, having lain hidden for years. Vortigern sets out to find Arthur before he can gain power, and challenge Vortigern's rise to power. Arthur reluctantly takes on the mantle of ruler, and gathers a plucky band of fighters so he can face and defeat the man who killed his father.
Legend of the Sword is a decent action movie. Anyone who has seen other Guy Ritchie films will recognize his style very quickly, and it generally melds well with the subject matter. The visuals are fine, although there were a couple of areas where the CGI could have been executed better. The cast is also fine, and played their roles well, although you do get the token black knight (Djimon Hounsou), and the token Asian knight (Tom Wu), which are reasonably well integrated into the story, but are unnecessary and somewhat incongruous nonetheless. Charlie Hunnam plays Arthur, and seemed better in this role than he was in Lost City of Z. Jude Law plays the villain, Vortigern, and he's fine, although nothing special. There's also a cute sorceress, played by a cute French actress, whose cute accent unfortunately makes some of her lines a little awkward.
Legend of the Sword has a bunch of violence, but it's generally non-gory or explicit. There are some monsters and foul beasts, but again, no gore. There's a little bit of foul language, but not much, and there's hardly any sex at all, except for one or two very quick scenes from the brothel. It's PG-13, and I would guess it's probably fine for kids over 10 or so.
Overall, Legend of the Sword is a decent fantasy action flick, if that's what you're looking for. Much better for pure entertainment than City of Z, and if you like Ritchie's style of directing, you'll probably appreciate this movie too.
Slowguy
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Legend of the Sword gives us young Arthur, who is sent away from the kingdom of Camelot by his father Uther Pendragon, when Uther's brother Vortigern overthrows his rightful rule. Arthur is raised in a brothel, and learns to survive on the street, becoming a mid-level street thug, running protection rackets, smuggling, etc. One day the legendary sword that gave Uther his power is revealed, having lain hidden for years. Vortigern sets out to find Arthur before he can gain power, and challenge Vortigern's rise to power. Arthur reluctantly takes on the mantle of ruler, and gathers a plucky band of fighters so he can face and defeat the man who killed his father.
Legend of the Sword is a decent action movie. Anyone who has seen other Guy Ritchie films will recognize his style very quickly, and it generally melds well with the subject matter. The visuals are fine, although there were a couple of areas where the CGI could have been executed better. The cast is also fine, and played their roles well, although you do get the token black knight (Djimon Hounsou), and the token Asian knight (Tom Wu), which are reasonably well integrated into the story, but are unnecessary and somewhat incongruous nonetheless. Charlie Hunnam plays Arthur, and seemed better in this role than he was in Lost City of Z. Jude Law plays the villain, Vortigern, and he's fine, although nothing special. There's also a cute sorceress, played by a cute French actress, whose cute accent unfortunately makes some of her lines a little awkward.
Legend of the Sword has a bunch of violence, but it's generally non-gory or explicit. There are some monsters and foul beasts, but again, no gore. There's a little bit of foul language, but not much, and there's hardly any sex at all, except for one or two very quick scenes from the brothel. It's PG-13, and I would guess it's probably fine for kids over 10 or so.
Overall, Legend of the Sword is a decent fantasy action flick, if that's what you're looking for. Much better for pure entertainment than City of Z, and if you like Ritchie's style of directing, you'll probably appreciate this movie too.
Slowguy
(insert pithy phrase here...)