Monday, 6 July 2015

47 knights

Last Knights (2015)

Directed by Kazuaki Kiriya this film stars Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Cliff Curtis and Aksel Hennie. After the execution of their lord a group of knights seek revenge against the corrupt minister that cost them everything.

Essentially this is the legend of the 47 Ronin transplanted to a faux Byzantine style setting and in most regards it works pretty well. While there is not much original here and the film is a little long in the set up it is a serviceable action film with some vague ideas about honour and duty. For some reason the colour correction is pretty flat or muted through out which is an odd choice as it subtracts from the visuals in my opinion.


3/5

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