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FILM DETAILS | | Certificate 15 |  | Cast James Purefoy Paul Giamatti Brian Cox Kate Mara |  | Directors Jonathan English |  | Screenwriters Erick Kastel Jonathan English |  | Running Time 120 minutes |
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Ironclad You’ve got Chainmail

Plot 1215. Having been forced to sign Magna Carta, King John (Giamatti) imports Danish mercenaries to punish the barons who humiliated him. William de Albany (Cox) recruits Templar Thomas Marshall (Purefoy) and a band of rebels to defend the strategically important Rochester Castle against the King. Verdict Like all sieges, this offers moments of choppy terror and excitement followed by dull sit-it-out-and-starve spots. Straddled between uproarious schoolboy tosh and serious historical movie, this still offers enough dismemberments, royal tantrums and portcullis-rammings to make for a lively Saturday night out.
 Reviewed by Kim NewmanRead The Full Empire Review » Click for the full Empire review and post your own review and rating.
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