King Arthur: Legend of the Sword : Arthurian myth gone wrong
Cast : Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Jude Law Rated : 4/10 Big, medieval, fantasy, historical, mystical, drama. Call it what you must but director Guy Ritchie is no magic builder if, that is, he is not with Sherlock Homes and the elemental Mr Watson. And if there is this Guy directing the proceedings, there has to be Jude Law with all his steely eccentricities which, in this film, translate into being a mean, lean, deceitful, wily usurper of an unloved monarch, a brother who kills for power, a husband who kills for magic and a father who kills for a desperate comeback. To remain big both on canvas and imagination, Ritchie brings in quite a handful. There are mammoths like anaconda hissing and gobbling up people, completely unproportioned elephants spewing fire and of course a band on bats, eagles, wolves and the girls-wrapped octopus riding the watery waves in a dungeon to empower Law with the black magic for which he sacrifices both his wife and daughter. T...