KING ARTHUR: EXCALIBUR RISING is a terrible British indie fantasy flick made to cash-in on the new release by Guy Ritchie. It's a lamentable effort from beginning to end and one of the worst I've ever seen. The story takes ideas, themes, and characters from the Arthurian myths and throws them into one lengthy, dragged-out whole. The general look is of a budget GAME OF THRONES, with some bloody kill scenes here and there and lots of wooden acting. The look is mildly convincing but there's virtually no story here and not enough to sustain a half hour short, let alone a full-length feature. Towards the end a guy who is the spitting image of Gandalf the Grey in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING turns up and of course you know he's meant to be Merlin. Mere words cannot describe the badness of this production.

I read all of the user reviews and thought "Nah, this film cannot be as bad as they all make out", so I watched 15 minutes of it. I wasn't trapped in a room or tied to a chair so was able to exercise my option to turn it off, and I did after 15 minutes of disbelief and boredom. Just before turning off my mind said to me "Angel of Mercy, take me now!".What a waste of everyone's time. Even "The Sound of Mucus" is better.

do not waste your time, I wish i had read the reviews before viewing. this is a plain awful film, and unfortunately, not even one of those films that is so bad you can enjoy how awful it is. first, this was not a King Arthur film, it was a film about his sons. second, the story was slow moving which in turn just made the film flat out boring. I didn't find the acting as bad as some reviewers, just that the writing was so poor. to the reviewers who enjoyed this awful film, to each his/her own, but i'm not sure we viewed the same film. I have no problem with "re-imaginings", but this was not a re-imagining, this was more of a continuation of the Excalibur story, post Arthur. it was a good idea, but poorly executed.

Truly Great movie. It had good acting and great special effects.It was my kind of movie.The story was quite good. The scenery was beautiful and castles were well done.Good sword fight scenes.