Rating: UR (intense battle sequences, a scene of sensuality and some language)
Length: 139 minutes

Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0

French, Spanish

A telling of the story of King Arthur unlike the rest; this is a realistic version without the magic and sorcery. The names are the same but some characters, like Merlin and Guinevere, have been transformed to fit reality. Arthur and his men are given one last and suicidal task by the Romans to attain their freedom. By the end it becomes another "Good vs Evil" flick.

It's a fun story but the strength of this movie is the stunning visuals. The colors are sharp and crisp as opposed to bright and "fantastic"; no chrome armor in this movie. The battle scenes were very well done but a bit graphic for children; think "Braveheart" on a smaller but still bloody/violent scale.

This movie lacks the fantasy quality that other films about this legend possessed. If you're looking for the cute and bubbly Kiera Knightley that you watched in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, she plays a different role here; though she still retains her beauty when they don't have her covered in filth; even when she's painted like a pixie. The extras are interesting but thin; a two-disc edition with the second full of extras would have been more welcomed.

According to IMDB, Ms. Knightley asked that her breasts be digitally enhanced on the movie posters. Was this the vanity of a nineteen year old woman or was it done to attract men to the movie?

• Director Commentary
• Alternate Ending "Badon Hill", With Optional Director Commentary
• Blood On The Land: Forging "King Arthur"
• Cast and Filmmaker Round Table
• "Knight Vision" Trivia Track
• Producer's Photo Gallery
• Konami's King Arthur Playable XBox Demo

A fun film that would have been better if not based on the legend of King Arthur. If, like me, you are a fan of the A&E Horatio Hornblower series, you will be pleased to see two of the main actors in those films starring in this one. For the most part, critics didn't care for this film but it is better than most of them gave it credit for. Don't forget the proverb that "The enemy of my enemy is my friend".

Antoine Fuqua   [Tears of the Sun, Training Day]

Hugh Dancy - Galahad

[Black Hawk Down, Elizabeth I]

Stephen Dillane - Merlin

[Spy Game]

Joel Edgerton - Gawain

Sean Gilder - Jols

Ioan Gruffudd - Lancelot

[Fantastic Four]

Pat Kinevane - Horton

Keira Knightley - Guinevere

[Domino, POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl/Dead Man's Chest/At World's End]

Ivano Marescotti - Bishop Germanius

[Hannibal, The Talented Mr. Ripley]

Mads Mikkelsen - Tristan

Clive Owen - Arthur

[The Bourne Identity, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Shoot 'Em Up, Sin City]

Til Schweiger - Cynric

[Driven, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life]

Ken Stott - Marius Honorius

Stellan Skarsgård - Cerdic

[Amistad, Deep Blue Sea, Exorcist: The Beginning, The Glass House, Good Will Hunting, Helen of Troy, POTC: Dead Man's Chest/At World's End, Ronin]

Ray Stevenson - Dagonet

Ray Winstone - Bors

[Beowulf, Cold Mountain, The Departed, Ripley's Game]