The Last Knights 2015

Critics score:
15 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Sara Stewart, New York Post: This ponderous drama from director Kazuaki Kiriya quickly gets weighed down by its own blood-drenched armor. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: Owen has floundered of late in his search for a big-screen vehicle worthy of his talents, and "Last Knights" doesn't exactly buck the trend. Read more

Adam Nayman, AV Club: By the end, the viewers of Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya's low-budget Middle-Ages riff may end up wondering what they've done to deserve such a drab, punishing night at the movies. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: Neither the dramatic nor action elements are remotely compelling. Read more

Amy Nicholson, L.A. Weekly: As predictable as the wrap-up of one of D.W. Griffith's moralistic epics. What's surprising is how much Last Knights feels as if Griffith's ghost could have directed it. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: This thing is so garbled and goofy it plays like a parody. Except it's not. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Its cast aside, "Last Knights" proves as square and blandly manly as an old "Prince Valiant" comic strip. Read more

Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com: "Last Knights" is so thoroughly mediocre, so dully empty, that it's difficult to summon the enthusiasm to trash it. And yet, duty calls. Read more

John Darnielle, Slate: Once upon a time, filmmakers had the luxury of giving their genre movies time to breathe; you don't see much of that on a big scale any more. I loved this movie, warts and all. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A movie this silly should be prefaced with an apology: "Um, about Last Knights ... " Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Morgan Freeman thunders and Clive Owen glowers, but there's little that can be done to save this muddled medieval adventure from itself. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: This is an unrelentingly dour take on the fantasy genre, ditching the wizards, dragons and rampant nudity - aka, the fun stuff. Read more

Liz Braun, Toronto Sun: There isn't much in the movie that you can't see on cable TV, where the action is bloodier and more energetic, but there's something old-fashioned about Last Knights that's appealing. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: Sadly, the talents of an impressive cast far outstrip the tedious material they're given. Read more