There’s nothing quite like Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox and James Purefoy being all pissed off in the same movie, especially one that has lots of blood, yelling, and English accents. Ironclad is the latest grungy medieval film to make its way to the modern world. The movie is about a group of Knights Templar who try to defend Rochester Castle against the mad man Paul Giamatti…I mean King John. Hit the jump to check out real men doing battle and yelling at each other.
This is the latest in a string of cool looking medieval films. Last year we had Centurion , Black Death is coming up, and if all goes according to my plan, we’ll have a US release of Ironclad in the near future. The one thing I love about these types of movies is the visual aspect of it, the focus on the coloring; visually speaking these movies are always awesome and never fail to satisfy my thirst for 13th Century blood.
I’m pumped for this movie but I’ll let you decide, check out the nifty hard rock trailer and synopsis below and let us know what you think.
Thanks to my boys over at HeyUGuys we have the extremely long synopsis located below.
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.
Ironclad is directed by Jonathan English (Minotaur) and will be released in the UK on March 4, 2011
Recent Comments