King Arthur: Legend of the Sword – 4 ½ / 5 stars

As a child, Arthur’s father (Eric Bana) is murdered by his power-hungry uncle, Vortigern (Jude Law) and he is forced to run away and grow up on the streets. He grows up not knowing that he is the true King until he is forced to attempt to pull the sword from the stone. And he does. Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) is then forced to embrace his destiny and become the King he was meant to be.

This movie is awesome, I don’t care what the critics say. I think it’s such a unique angle to the traditional King Arthur story and would highly recommend checking it out. The style of the film reminds me of Kingsmen, with unique action and visual storytelling. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword was directed by Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes (2009), The Gentlemen, Aladdin (2019)), and his style definitely stands out here (a good example is the montage of Arthur growing up on the streets. Check it out). Not only was there a very unique style of action and storytelling, buts also really good music to go along with it. Some parts are a little weird, but, for the most part, I really enjoyed this film for the unique angle to the story, the awesome action, and the cool directorial style. Going to see this movie in the theaters, I had almost zero expectations and was blown away with how much I liked it.

I thought this movie did a good job showing the raw magical power of Excalibur, and I thought it was cool that when Arthur’s dad was dying, he became the stone that held the sword, adding another unique element to the well-known legend. 

Hunnam shined playing Arthur as the cocky, gritty bruiser who grew up on the streets. Actually, this movie had an overall great cast and I thought they all did a good job in their respective roles. One criticism is that in this telling of the story, there was no Guinevere or Merlin character. Instead, there was a mage sent by Merlin that filled both of these roles, in a sense.

I rate this movie 4 ½ / 5 stars and would highly recommend checking it out, especially if you were a fan of Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes. If you’re looking for a fast-paced, unique, underrated movie, look no farther. I got you covered.