Ironclad (Blu-ray)

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!! this has everything you need from a film like this..... a completely over the top dictator in King John who just wants his castle back, trouble is, strategically he would win back England and have his revenge on all the lords who forced him to sign the magna carta!! Paul Giamatti gives us an amazingly over the top performance as his not so royal highness, King John. James Purefoy gives an absolutely stunning performance as the Knights Templar assassin who stands in John's way and his castle in the Medway, and Brian Cox gives a great performance as the mastermind behind bringing his band of grumpy mercenaries together to be a right royal pain in the throne for KJ. Solid, and sometimes over the top performances from the cast give us a "Magnificent seven meet the Wild Geese, vs everyone else". This film snuck up on us at the flicks, don't let it sneak past you on blu ray. It may not be quite factually correct, but after the first 15 or so minutes, you simply don't care. Miss it at your peril, knight!!!

this is everything braveheart tried to be. and far more historically accurate.basically,this british film totally out acts,pays more attention to history,and better battle scenes than many of hollywoods efforts.its brutal,but is totally believable. a joy to watch.

This little gem took me by surprise,what you get is realism and barbarism on a scale i have not seen in a long time.
Highly recommend you try to watch this,if you like this sort of film.
Brilliant...

the film could have been 1st class but during the fight scenes the camera was all over the place and actually spoilt the film

this is a gritty and very graphic action-packed movie set in the dark ages during the reign of 'king john'
'thomas' returns to england having served the church in the crusades, he is due to be released from his 'templar' vows, however 'england' is a land ruled by 'king john' who after signing the 'magna-carta' renages on his promise drafting in an army from europe to crush those that had apposed him.
'thomas' along with a small group of battle-hardened warriors aim to defend a stratigic castle in southern england from 'king john' and the drafted-in army......the odds --1000 vs the 20 defenders.
plenty of high drama and action.............worth a spin if yer' into action movies.