Ironclad
Arc Entertainment | Release Date: July 8, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsJul 8, 2011
As a critic who complains about painless and brainless action movies, I hoist a glass of mead to the men and maidens of Ironclad. Read full review
70
Boxoffice MagazineWade MajorJul 5, 2011
Casting is almost uniformly first rate with Cox, Purefoy and the always brilliant Giamatti providing noteworthy standouts. Read full review
63
New York PostLou LumenickJul 8, 2011
A long way from his TV portrayal of John Adams, Giamatti seems to be having an especially good time as a splenetic King John, who would not be out of place in a Monty Python movie. Read full review
60
EmpireKim NewmanJul 5, 2011
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. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubSam AdamsJul 7, 2011
The movie's gathering of third-rank action heroes provides sufficient brawn but precious little onscreen charisma, although Brian Cox's reliable bluster lights up his handful of scenes as a bellicose baron. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubJul 7, 2011
The core fan base of this English sword battle drama will pay for the boundary-pushing blood and gore. Why bore them with things like plot and context and production values? Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 7, 2011
Ironclad alternately feels, plays and sounds like an abridged television mini-series and a feature-length video game. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNick PinkertonJul 5, 2011
While Ironclad captures the casual cruelty and flesh-and-bone violence of the 13th century, it fails to do the same in the more intimate material set in the downtime between assaults. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJul 8, 2011
Though the hambone acting quotient is high (and not necessarily unenjoyable), the loud, closely photographed limb-hacking becomes as monotonous as the movie's unrelentingly gray palette. Read full review
40
VarietyLeslie FelperinJul 5, 2011
Ironclad might be the perfect actioner for gorehound fanboys gaga for medieval trappings, but all others may find this British-American-German co-production a bit of a drag. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 7, 2011
As history it's bunk; as inappropriate historical fiction, it's awfully close to comedy. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineNick SchagerJul 5, 2011
By making John such an unrepentant freedom-opposing monster, Ironclad denies itself any moral thorniness. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettJul 5, 2011
A gore fest aimed at indiscriminate action fans. Those interested in learning more about goings on in medieval history will probably find the splatter tedious and off-putting. Read full review
20
Time OutDavid FearJul 5, 2011
This bloody, messy action film devolves into a plain ol' bloody mess. Read full review
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