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Arthur & Merlin

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4.9/10 • 67

2015-04-171h 43m

Fantasy

The Legend Begins

In dark ages Britain, a time of magic and legend, a powerful druid is bent on destroying the Celtic people. Arthur, a banished warrior, and Merlin, a hermit wizard, embark on a heroic quest to stop the druid and save their people, before the Celts are lost forever and become a myth themselves.

Directors
Marco van Belle
Writters
Kat Wood, Marco van Belle

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Kirk Barker

    Kirk Barker

    Arthur

  2. Adrian Bouchet

    Adrian Bouchet

    Lucan

  3. David Sterne

    David Sterne

    King Vortigern

  4. Nigel Cooke

    Nigel Cooke

    Aberthol

  5. Charlotte Brimble

    Charlotte Brimble

    Olwen

  6. Nicholas Asbury

    Nicholas Asbury

    Orin

  7. Garth Maunders

    Garth Maunders

    Faelan

  8. Andrew Grose

    Andrew Grose

    Brian

  9. Joseph Attenborough

    Joseph Attenborough

    Eogan

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CinemaSerf

Jan 23, 2025

5/10

This is actually quite a watchable drama that's been made with one camera on a shoestring budget in some caves somewhere is darkest Staffordshire. It's a precursor to traditional Arthurian legend but still follows that young man - thus far called "Arthfael" (Kirk Barker) as he falls foul of nasty king "Vortigern" (David Sterne) and his henchman "Aberthol" (Nigel Cooke) who murdered his mother when he was young and then drove the young man into the woods. He's heard tell of the legendary "Myrrdin" (Stefan Butler) in whom he thinks he can put his trust and maybe get some vengeance. What now ensues is all fairly predictable, but rather than dot the thing with endless cheap and cheerful visual effects, it satisfies itself with a few blue bulbs (out of shot) and some slightly comical acting to feign the mysticism, hypnotism and evil of the times. There's probably too much dialogue and at times you just want to scream "get a room" to our intrepid pair of rebels, but by limiting itself to delivering something that doesn't rely on tech is hasn't got, it works akin to one of the old television episodes of "Robin of Sherwood" meets "Merlin". No, you'll never remember it afterwards, but if you like the genre and the characters then there are plenty of worse renditions out there.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,000,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
hermitdruidking arthurkingmiddle ages (476-1453)wizardsword and sorcerycelts