However, if you want an hour-and-a-half of decent escapist fare, and can put your brain on hold for that time, it fits the bill and will at least entertain you. You will feel you're watching a kids' film at times. Some parts of this will leave you shaking your head in disbelief. where a woman beats up hundreds of men and the good guys of all colors prevail despite ridiculous odds). However, don't look for credibility in those action scenes and expect the typical political-correctness of today (i.e. That, and the pretty computer-generated scenery and action stunts, kept it interesting. What made the story interesting, at least for me, was the chase-scene type atmosphere of a small band of heroes protecting a little boy, fleeing the bloodthirsty Goths until they could mount some sort of counter-attack in the north in Brittania. However, the sword is used by the good Roman general who protects the last Caesar from the Goths, who want him imprisoned for life, or killed. But, once again, that is only explained in the final minutes. We see the origins of that and how it eventually got into the hands of King Arthur. Mixed in with that tale was the famous "excalibur" sword. This action story is all about the last Caesar, a small boy, and the last legion that fought as Rome had now been taken over by the Goths. We only see the tie-in to the later in the last few minutes of the film, in the epilogue. Anyway, the story is really a Roman empire one, not a King Arthur story. I'm beginning to wonder about the discernment of some of these actors, how they can play such intelligent roles for a film or two and then revert to something like this. No matter overall, it was fun but just a little too silly. I must not have read the description carefully enough. Well, it really wasn't either, although I did find it entertaining. Reading the back cover of the DVD and seeing that Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley are given top billing, I expected an intelligent King Arthur story.
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