NDTV Movies has the latest news and gossip from Hollywood. Keep up with your favourite celebrities here. Our film critics on blockbusters, independents and everything in between. Swords for sale including Medieval Broadswords, Military Sabers, Movie Replicas, Samurai Katanas and more from top manufacturers. Trusted for 22 years. A 1. 75 million superhero stinker. KING Arthur is one of the oldest superheroes of western literature. First popularised by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 1. Arthurs derring do has enthralled audiences for millennia. And King Arthur Legend of the Sword has all the hallmarks of a superhero origin story. Mum and dad killed right before his eyes Check. A vengeance mission against an evil usurper Check. Extra human powers obtained through mystical means Check. A bombastic blockbuster with no sense of subtlety Most definitely check. To be fair, Guy Ritchie has not built a career out of subtlety and nuance and we shouldnt expect anything different from him now. I/51VXTYRSE2L.jpg' alt='The New The Sword In The Stone Movie ' title='The New The Sword In The Stone Movie ' />But King Arthur doesnt have the fun vibrancy of the underrated Man From UNCLE or the irreverent freshness of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The closest comparison to an existing Ritchie movie is probably the Sherlock Holmes sequel at times funny but mostly an unworkable mishmash. The whole enterprise is underwhelming and lord help us all if this movie spins into the six film franchise it was designed to set up though that seems unlikely given the box office thumping it got in the US when it opened last weekend. Download Rise Of The Guardians Movie In Hd here. King Arthur will have to rake in a lot of dough from international markets to make its US1. This iteration of the legend of King Arthur starts off with Arthurs Charlie Hunnam old man, Uther Eric Bana, being taken down by Uthers moustache twirling and power hungry brother Vortigern Jude Law. Still a young tyke, Arthur sees his parents being killed but escapes down the river, drifting along in a raft. Hes found by a group of prostitutes who take him in and hes raised in the brothel and on the mean streets of Londinium Ritchie loves them mean streets. He grows up into an clever young man with a persuasive right hook. Meanwhile, evildoer Vortigern is up to no good. Hes amassing that evildoing power and the magical forces decide its time hes stopped. Excalibur reveals itself and Vortigern, fearing the threat from the true Born King, decrees all men of a certain age be rounded up to try and pull the legendary sword out of the stone, hoping itll reveal his nephew. Part of the problem with this remake is the source material. Its a story thats been told before, in cartoon form and in live action, on TV and in film, from the glorious absurdity of Monty Python and the Holy Grail to the dreadful 2. King Arthur which wasted a perfectly good actor in Clive Owen. The Arthurian legend getting the Ritchie treatment is basically imposing the tales of yore onto a cocky crimemobster movie with a bit of magic thrown in. King Arthur is at its most entertaining when its embracing typical Ritchie isms. The fight scenes, for the most part, are really fun and a chase through the streets of Londinium theres them mean streets again is choreographed in a really compelling way. And this is a movie where the expository dialogue is the best part the fast paced banter with that idiosyncratic rhythm and cutaways. But all that doesnt rescue the movie from how underdeveloped the characters are especially the female characters, who barely have names let alone personalities or how thoroughly silly the bloated climax is. Or the fact the movie is sometimes so literally dark you cant even make out whats on the screen. Ritchie may have had the ambition to breathe new life into an old story, but its hard to reinvent the wheel when you cant get the wheel to balance. Rating 25. King Arthur Legend of the Sword is in cinemas from Thursday, May 1. Continue the conversation on Twitter with wenleima. Movie Reviews The New York Times. This documentary about Laird Hamilton, conqueror of big waves, stirs up most of its sporadic excitement with its surfing footage. By BEN KENIGSBERG.