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Ironclad

Release Date: July 8, 2011 (limited)
Studio: ARC Entertainment
Director: Jonathan English
Screenwriter: Jonathan English, Erick Kastel
Genre: Action, Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for strong graphic brutal battle sequences, and brief nudity)
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Starring: James Purefoy, Brian Cox, Kate Mara, Paul Giamatti, Derek Jacobi, Jason Flemying, Aneurin Barnard

Plot Summary: "Ironclad" recounts one of the most violent, pivotal moments in English medieval history – when a few good men fought against insurmountable odds to defend their country from a megalomaniac, blood-drunk king. Torn from the pages of history, the devastating battle for the castle of Rochester is a true story of honour, action and excitement. There will be blood.

The year is 1215. King John (Paul Giamatti) has been forced to sign the Magna Carta, a document that will ensure the freedom of men and form the basis of common law in England. Furious at having been forced to sign it, King John raises a vicious mercenary army and begins a rampage across the country to regain total power. But as the King’s army is on the brink of reaching London and taking back control of the country, one last castle stands between him and inevitable victory: Rochester.

Gathered together by Baron Albany (Brian Cox), a small band of rebel warriors gather inside Rochester intent on holding off King John until reinforcements arrive: a Templar Knight (James Purefoy) whose soul is wracked with guilt over the atrocities he has committed during the crusades and his burgeoning feelings for Isabel (Kate Mara), the beautiful lady of the castle and lonely wife of the aging Reginald de Cornhill (Derek Jacobi); battle-hardened mercenaries such as Beckett (Jason Flemying), who fight not for God and country, but for money and bloodlust; and young soldiers like Guy (Aneurin Barnard), who'll taste blood and battle for the first time – and perhaps the last.

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Purefoy is great. I don't know why we don't see him in more movies. He should have won an Emmy for playing Marc Antony in Rome.
 

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I hope Giamatti acts in this and doesn't just play the same old guy he usually does.
 

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I loved this movie! Giamatti is pretty much the same but that is okay because he does the "short little prick with a big ego" really well! Fight scenes are great lots of blood, bone crunching goodness... Somewhat historically accurate to boot...
 

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I loved this movie! Giamatti is pretty much the same but that is okay because he does the "short little prick with a big ego" really well! Fight scenes are great lots of blood, bone crunching goodness... Somewhat historically accurate to boot...



The touch of historical accuracy always makes a movie better.


I remember taking a copy of 300 to my brothers house...he was floored and loved the movie...afterwards he was saying,"That was awesome, wouldn't it have been cool if something like that actually happened?".....the look on his face was priceless when I explained the battle of Thermopylae to him,lol.
 

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I loved this movie! Giamatti is pretty much the same but that is okay because he does the "short little prick with a big ego" really well! Fight scenes are great lots of blood, bone crunching goodness... Somewhat historically accurate to boot...

Yeah, I was really surprised at how accurate it was. Still wildly inaccurate, but a lot of stuff from the movie pinged true.

The touch of historical accuracy always makes a movie better.


I remember taking a copy of 300 to my brothers house...he was floored and loved the movie...afterwards he was saying,"That was awesome, wouldn't it have been cool if something like that actually happened?".....the look on his face was priceless when I explained the battle of Thermopylae to him,lol.

Except the movie 300 was still pretty inaccurate. A lot of people don't realize that those 300 Spartans did have thousands of Greek allies there, and even somewhere around 1, 000 of those allies stayed on the final, hopeless day.
 

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