Rotten
Ironclad is as weighed-down as it sounds.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Ironclad
Heavy metal goes medieval.
2011 · 2h 1m · R
Action, Adventure, History, Romance
Directed by
Jonathan English
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Ironclad
Overview
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 army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom.
Director and cast
- Jonathan English Director
- James Purefoy as Thomas Marshall
- Kate Mara as Lady Isabel
- Jason Flemyng as Becket
- Paul Giamatti as King John
- Brian Cox as Albany
- Derek Jacobi as Cornhill
- Charles Dance as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Aneurin Barnard as Guy
- Jamie Foreman as Coteral
- Mackenzie Crook as Marks
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This English sword-battle drama is a mess. But there's a violent simplicity and a lack of pretentiousness that's refreshing.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
The problem is that the movie is only swords and stage blood. The suits of armor are all empty.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Fresh
As a critic who complains about painless and brainless action movies, I hoist a glass of mead to the men and maidens of "Ironclad."
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rotten
The loud, closely photographed limb-hacking becomes as monotonous as the movie's unrelentingly gray palette.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
More films
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Action · Adventure · History · R
A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their behavior but growing to respect them. As they travel together, they learn of a legendary evil closing in and must unite to confront this formidable force.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Director
- John McTiernan
- Cast
- Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhøi
IMDb
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes
34%
Metacritic
42
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Action · Adventure · Fantasy · R
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek veng...
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Director
- John Milius
- Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman
IMDb
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes
66%
Metacritic
43
The Northman (2022)
Action · Adventure · Fantasy · R
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Cast
- Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang
IMDb
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
82
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Action · Adventure · Fantasy · PG
Conan is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis to safely escort a teen princess and her powerful bodyguard to a far away castle to retrieve the magic Horn of Dagoth. Unknown to Conan, the queen plans to sacrifice the princess when she returns and inherit her kingdom after the bodyguard kills Conan. The queen's plans fail to take into ...
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Director
- Richard Fleischer
- Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain
IMDb
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes
25%
Metacritic
53
Solomon Kane (2009)
Action · Adventure · Fantasy · R
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Director
- MJ Bassett
- Cast
- James Purefoy, Pete Postlethwaite, Alice Krige
IMDb
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes
70%
Metacritic
48
Snow (1963)
Documentary · N/A
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from the cutting-room compresses British Rail's dedication to blizzard-battling into a thrilling eight-minute montage cut to music. Tough-as-boots workers struggling to keep the line clear are ...
- Runtime
- 8m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.0
Rail (1967)
Documentary · N/A
"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss. There was a facing-up to the increasing need for a big modernisation drive. Full and speedy electrification, or the wider promotion of diesel-power on remaining lines, became a matter of to...
- Runtime
- 14m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.4
Locomotion (1975)
Documentary · N/A
Collage film about the history of trains set to music.
- Runtime
- 16m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.2
Shell Spirit (1963)
N/A
Directed by Geoffrey Jones.
- Runtime
- 2m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
6.8
Comments
Talk about the film with other members