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Ironclad (2011)
Directed by Jonathan English
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Overview
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel’s momentous struggle for justice and freedom.
Rated R | Length 121 minutes
Actors
James Purefoy | Kate Mara | Jason Flemyng | Paul Giamatti | Brian Cox | Derek Jacobi | Charles Dance | Aneurin Barnard | Jamie Foreman | Mackenzie Crook | Rhys Parry Jones | Vladimir Kulich | David Melville | Annabelle Apsion | Steffan Rhodri | Daniel O'Meara | Bree Condon | Guy Siner | Marcus Hoyland | John Pierce Jones | Jeff Jones | Ceri Mears | Kenneth Collard | Wyn Bowen Harries | Dewi Williams | John Weldon | Laura Sibbick | Edward Manning | Simon Nader | Steve Purbrick | Peter Bartfay | Dan Burman | Ian M. Court | David Harkus | Gerald Royston Horler | Rhys Horler | Rhi Louise | Stuart Mager | Christian Morgan | Stevie Raine | Carlton Venn
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/15/2014 | TV | Blu-ray | Owned | 8 stars |
| 10/08/2011 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.75 stars |
Viewing Notes
I categorized Ironclad as an action movie, and it is, but not the sort of action movie most of us are used to.
Set in England during the 1200s, Ironclad is a historical drama with some amazingly gruesome savagery in it. I’ve always been critical of historical movies with ‘clean’ violence in them. In the 12th century, when a knight hacks into an opponent’s shoulder with a fucking broadsword, it’s gut-wrenchingly awful stuff. To Ironclad’s credit, it gets the violence right, no matter how cringe-inducing it is. And it does induce plenty of cringing, to be sure.
The movie is slow at times, putting a strain on our modern attention spans, but I really enjoyed it quite a bit.
It amazes me that Ironclad got little play in theaters (it was never in my area, to be sure) while a pile of dreck like The Eagle was plastered on big screens across the country. Ugh. There is no justice in the world of movie going.
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