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Ironclad

2011

Jonathan English

James Purefoy, Brian Cox, Kate Mara, Paul Giamatti ...

5.1

8,667

Adventure. Action Year 1215. Having been forced to sign Magna Carta, King John (Paul Giamatti) imports Danish mercenaries to punish the barons who humiliated him. William de Albany (Brian Cox) recruits Templar Thomas Marshall (James Purefoy) and a band of rebels to defend the strategically important Rochester Castle against the King.

	Media	Author	Review
		Kim Newman Empire	"Offers moments of choppy terror and excitement followed by dull sit-it-out-and-starve spots. Straddled between uproarious schoolboy tosh and serious historical movie, this still offers enough dismemberments (...) to make for a lively Saturday night out. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"
		Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune	"This English sword-battle drama is a mess. But there's a violent simplicity and a lack of pretentiousness that's refreshing (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"
		Leslie Felperin Variety	"Ironclad might be the perfect actioner for gorehound fanboys gaga for medieval trappings, but all others may find this British-American-German co-production a bit of a drag"

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