Synopsis
When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to an end until they've destroyed their mortal foe.
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Cast
- Clive OwenRaiden
- Morgan FreemanBartok
- Aksel HennieGezza Mott
- Shohreh AghdashlooMaria
- James BabsonFat Jim
- Giorgio CaputoSlim Tully
- Cliff CurtisLt. Cortez
- Hannah Rose CatonLilly
- Tsuyoshi IharaIto
- Klára IssováLt. Cortez's Wife
Recommendations
- 42
The A.V. Club
There’s no reason for a film with a plot this simple to drag on to the two-hour mark. In a movie filled with public executions, that running time qualifies as truly cruel and unusual punishment. - 40
Screen Daily
Last Knights is little more than a dutifully compiled collection of genre conventions, its tale of a group of brave knights seeking vengeance for their fallen leader so undemanding that it’s almost charmingly pedestrian. - 40
Variety
Last Knights is a fairly ludicrous mystery and a so-so action movie, but it’s nonetheless been constructed with an earnest attention to detail that shouldn’t be taken for granted. - 40
Los Angeles Times
The medieval-tinged adventure Last Knights will test your patience for speeches about honor, grim declarations of loyalty and pre-battle glowering. - 38
USA Today
It will be hard for audiences to remain even vaguely attentive during this slog of a feudal vengeance tale. - 30
Village Voice
While Kiriya can shoot a sword fight, his preferred pace is glacial. He wants to make sure the audience feels every plot point. - 25
Slant Magazine
Another macho celebration of fighting for "freedom" because someone else told you to, devoid of any acknowledgement of the inherent irony of that ideology. - 25
New York Post
This ponderous drama from director Kazuaki Kiriya quickly gets weighed down by its own blood-drenched armor.
