Far from perfect, but intense and damn entertaining, The Last Duel delivers the intensity that Ridley Scott was shooting for. His late-career messy directing is noticeable here, but with an intriguing script and a captivating Jodi Comer performance, The Last Duel really shines. Borrowing its structure from Rashomon, revisiting the same story from different perspectives allows you to identify with different characters, and have an evolving sense of who the villain is before revealing the truth.
Being alive in the middle ages must have really sucked.
Far from perfect, but intense and damn entertaining, The Last Duel delivers the intensity that Ridley Scott was shooting for. His late-career messy directing is noticeable here, but with an intriguing script and a captivating Jodi Comer performance, The Last Duel really shines. Borrowing its structure from Rashomon, revisiting the same story from different perspectives allows you to identify with different characters, and have an evolving sense of who the villain is before revealing the truth.
Being alive in the middle ages must have really sucked.