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| | King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut (2004): Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightley, Hugh Dancy - ... |
 | | Skeptical at first, the knights eventually accept Arthur's self-admittedly schizzy allegiances, to his British heritage as well as the Romans (his "other" name is Arturius, and that sword of his, Excalibur, is a family heirloom rather than supernatural implement; apparently, a Lucius Artorius Castus did exist, but in 184 AD). |
 | | Staged as brutal free-for-alls, the combat scenes are less concerned with delineating moral sides than with showing Arthur's determination and the horrors of warfare; the R rated version is more effective in conveying the awfulness. |
 | | Arthur here is a standard liberal do-gooder, deciding that he not only needs to free the serfs he finds being abused by Alecto's tyrannical dad (including the aforementioned Guinevere), but also take them along with his knights, over difficult terrain as they are pursued by the pitiless Saxons: "Freedom is yours by rights," he announces. |
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