Actors: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Tom
Taylor, Rebecca Ferguson, Patrick Stewart
Rating: 7 out of 10, This was the
Goonies updated and inserted into the Arthurian legend. There was no way this
should have been as entertaining and enjoyable for an old fart like me but it
certainly was. I think it’s every kid’s dream to find Excalibur sticking out of
a stone and being the only one able to pull it out before setting out on an
adventure fighting the forces of resurgent ancient evil. If not, it should be.
This film grabbed me from the beginning and didn’t lose its grip until the
slightly overdone finale. The young actors deserve all the credit as Gollum’s
kid proves to be an able actor in his own right and the multi-cultural group of
friends form a very real seeming dynamic. A nice little surprise of a movie
that works.
MVP: Serkis as Alexander and once and future
Arthur
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