最後絕鬥 The Last Duel

2021年 • 152 分鐘

關於這部電影

根據法國14世紀真實歷史最後一場極具爭議的比武審判改編，騎士尚德卡魯日（麥迪文 飾）與雅克勒格里斯 (阿當戴華 飾）本為出生入死的好兄弟，因爲尚的妻子（祖迪高瑪 飾）對雅克勒格里斯的指控，令兩人決裂。尚誓要為妻子討回公道，由於雙方各執一詞，無法分辨誰是誰非，伯爵埃爾（賓艾佛力 飾）最終決定以比武裁決，將答案交由命運決定，兄弟二人反目成仇展開一場有關背叛與復仇的生死決鬥⋯⋯

評分和評論

It's really about the plight of women in the Middle Ages and how violence against women reverberates to our own culture. The film establishes that she was telling the truth, but actually her husband is more upset about a property dispute than the violence done to her. Adam Driver is great as the pathological, narcissistic rapist whose excuses are still being used by the Bill Cosbys of the world, with people like Phylicia Rashad of Howard University defending him. Toxic masculinity sucks.

Last Duel feels very much like a harkening back to the days of Braveheart and other epics of the 90's and early 2000's. Big set pieces, spanning landscapes, violence... very nice to experience this in the modern era. The base material isn't as profound as something like a Braveheart or a Gladiator, but the execution with the source material is right up there... especially Adam Driver.

I found this to be an extremely bad movie. I do not understand the praise. This is the most boring repetitious way I can think of to tell this story. They all lead to the exact same perception so the need to tell it like this just drags it out to a point I was wishing for my internet to go out so I did not have to sit through another 30 minute version of the exact same events. The actual dual ended up to be very well done, so I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 for the great 10 minute fight.