Review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) by Jakeri C — 26 Jun 2017

I usually like Guy, but honestly... what a gong show. The source material feels defiled by the needless inclusion of black and Asian characters seemingly for the sake of diversity quotas. The setting is Medieval England; would it make sense to add white people to movies about Admiral Yi Soon Shin?

The film in general feels historically confused. Medieval Englishmen using the word 'celebrity' and the antagonist and some others being dressed in what looks like modern clothing.

Worse, despite the, hm, "artistic liberties", the movie is as cliche as you could expect it to be. The villain and his men wear black, and for that matter the villain in his bad guy haircut gives a monologue about fear. The film truly does come across as Revolution Film #7352. Additionally most of the plot elements are predictable- so much so that I actually called a large number of them.

In short the film is a good one for those that hate the King Arthur mythos.