The plot is lifted straight out of Walter Scott’s The Talisman. The characters spout ridiculous speeches, espousing modern sentiments, which would be highly improbable coming out of the mouths of twelfth-century people. But who cares? The battle sequences at the end are magnificent. Medieval siege techniques, with rolling siege towers and trebuchets, were every bit as spectacular as modern attacks with smart bombs and missiles. Visually, the historical detail seems fairly accurate to me. Riddley Scott always does something worth looking at, even if he sometimes has structural problems in story-telling. Visually, his instincts are always on the mark.
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