King Arthur

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King Arthur

PG-13

2004

2h 6m

History

Drama

Adventure

Action

War

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In this interpretation of the classic tale, Arthur (Clive Owen) is a cavalry officer in the Roman army defending Hadrian's Wall against rebellious Britons. He and his troops are expecting to be relieved but are instead sent on a risky mission to rescue the Roman family of Marius Honorius, who proves a despicable torturer of pagans. Arthur frees one of them, Guinevere (Keira Knightley), who in turn brokers a truce between Arthur and the Britons to ward off an invading Saxon army.

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Critics Consensus

The magic is gone, leaving a dreary, generic action movie.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 24, 2010

3/5

Entertaining, but ultimately forgettable.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Dec 13, 2005

1.5/4

Maybe I'm too close to the material, maybe I wanted more from Bruckheimer and Fuqua than they could ever be expected to deliver.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Las Vegas Mercury

Sep 9, 2004

2/5

Misguided, miscast, and completely misconceived, the wretched King Arthur is one of the grittier, more earnest failures to appear this summer.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 13, 2020

1.0/4.0

This is a film devoid of soul.

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Nov 16, 2019

B-

Summer action fare with just enough intelligence to put it above the mindless action films that usually litter multiplexes this time of year.

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Mark Steyn

The Spectator

Jan 25, 2018

Clive Owen is a very dour plonker of an Arthur and has zero chemistry with Keira Knightley.

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debbie P

@RT06535545 4 days ago

I'm only halfway through this movie and I have to say I'm absolutely floored, entertained and very very impressed. I'm only up to the point we're going to be ready just been rescued , and I can't imagine this movie will get any worse I can only get better. Great acting. Give this movie a chance please.

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Jacob W

@SteelioTontos Oct 21, 2026

I think this was a good take on the story of King Arthur, and Mads and Clive definitely save this movie.

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Samuel G

@RT40782160 Oct 16, 2026

I love King Arthur the best!

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 13, 2026

King Arthur is a 2.5 star Movie!

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David B

@RT14283473 Sep 12, 2026

Excalibur & The Holy Grail are exponentially better!

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gerald H

@RottenGary Jul 26, 2026

💩🤢🤮💩🤢🤮💩🤢🤮💩🤢🤮💩🤢🤮💩🤢🤮 what a waste of great actors

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Synopsis

In this interpretation of the classic tale, Arthur (Clive Owen) is a cavalry officer in the Roman army defending Hadrian's Wall against rebellious Britons. He and his troops are expecting to be relieved but are instead sent on a risky mission to rescue the Roman family of Marius Honorius, who proves a despicable torturer of pagans. Arthur frees one of them, Guinevere (Keira Knightley), who in turn brokers a truce between Arthur and the Britons to ward off an invading Saxon army.

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter: David Franzoni, John Lee Hancock
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Touchstone Pictures
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Rating: PG-13 (Scene of Sensuality|Intense Battle Sequences|Some Language)
Genre: History, Drama, Adventure, Action, War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 7, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $51.9M
Runtime: 2h 6m
Sound Mix: Surround

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