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Sep 2, 2009 · Then, it defaults to borrowing from the classic action movie template: whiskery Baron Brian de Cox, modelling a fetching chainmail cardigan, and noble Templar knight Sir James of Purefoy, who even ...
Jul 8, 2011 · Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on February 23, 2024. 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 ...
Mar 3, 2011 · Ironclad is a historical drama that depicts the siege of Rochester Castle by King John and his mercenaries in 1215. Paul Giamatti stars as the ruthless monarch, while James Purefoy leads a band of ...
Mar 4, 2011 · The seven hole up at Rochester Castle, home of Baron Cornhill (Derek Jacobi) and his much younger, dangerously comely wife, Isabel (Kate Mara). King John and his band of hairy men besiege the ...
By James Turner. This movie from 2011 gives an extra-bloody version of a somewhat famous English siege. Directed, written and produced by Jonathan English, Ironclad is a bloodyhanded and heavily distorted retelling of King John’s siege of Rochester Castle in 1215. Perhaps best described as Seven Samurai meets Robin Hood, Ironclad blends this ...
Jul 6, 2013 · Peter’s Take. As a straightforward film, Ironclad does a pretty effective job of delivering a good story with intense action. I enjoyed how they tell story through the few soldiers who gather together with Thomas Marshall and William D’ Aubigny – a kind of ragtag team of different personalities who work together to fight against seemingly impossible odds.
Mar 9, 2011 · Ironclad: Film Review. Jonathan English blood-drenched film, starring Paul Giamatti, James Purefoy and Kate Mara, is a gore fest aimed at indiscriminate action fans. By Ray Bennett.
