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Ironclad (2011)

dir: Jonathan English

In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom.

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Gilles_de_Rais Gilles_de_Rais wrote about Ironclad

Watching this movie just after Arn, I am giving a smidge better rating - 6 over 5.5. Why? I am not too sure in the sense that it similarly takes an interesting situation, potentially great characters and make a rather pale dish out of them. On top, the actors are rather good ones so that's not the excuse but an aggravating circumstance... I'd say I enjoyed it more than Arn because the fights and the battle were better done. In Arn, they are suggested. Here, they are portrayed - and well.

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Though the hambone acting quotient is high (and not necessarily unenjoyable), the loud, closely photographed limb-hacking becomes as monotonous as the movie's unrelentingly gray palette. Read the review

lou-lumenick lou-lumenick added a review of Ironclad

A long way from his TV portrayal of John Adams, Giamatti seems to be having an especially good time as a splenetic King John, who would not be out of place in a Monty Python movie. Read the review

joe-williams joe-williams added a review of Ironclad

As a critic who complains about painless and brainless action movies, I hoist a glass of mead to the men and maidens of Ironclad. Read the review

ty-burr ty-burr added a review of Ironclad

As history it's bunk; as inappropriate historical fiction, it's awfully close to comedy. Read the review

manohla-dargis-the-new-york-ti manohla-dargis-the-new-york-ti added a review of Ironclad

Ironclad alternately feels, plays and sounds like an abridged television mini-series and a feature-length video game. Read the review

peter-hartlaub peter-hartlaub added a review of Ironclad

The core fan base of this English sword battle drama will pay for the boundary-pushing blood and gore. Why bore them with things like plot and context and production values? Read the review

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The movie's gathering of third-rank action heroes provides sufficient brawn but precious little onscreen charisma, although Brian Cox's reliable bluster lights up his handful of scenes as... Read the review

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This bloody, messy action film devolves into a plain ol' bloody mess. Read the review

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