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Ironclad is a very cool and overlooked medieval castle siege flick. This easily makes Braveheart look timid in comparison. Ironclad has the most brutal and grisly battle scenes on celloid with lots of hacking and slashing, there is some seriously pulverizing head bashing and lots of gory decapitations and dismemberments. This is presenting in a very realistic and cold manner with most of the effects being practical and shot on location with actual sets being built with lots of mud and fake blood. Ironclad truly shows the brutality of war and is a very bleak and violent film. James Purefoy leads an excellent cast of very talented British actors and this is a very effective battle film that was very well done that I like very much

Definitely shot in a Ridley Scott fashion this is an effective medieval pot-boiler with some moral vision and lots and lots of gruesome full-on combat scenes - without a doubt some of the more bone-crunching, blood squelching fights of recent memory.Is a great movie? No. It never quite delivers on its promise, and though extremely competent it just can't quite produce that true magic that better films can. It is, however, a highly competent and interesting historical drama. I have some quibbles with costuming etc; but that kind of goes with the territory.All in all, this is a full-on medieval siege account of the Siege of Rochester -it is well made is most respects and if medieval battles are your thing then you'll be into it.

The actors alone bring so much gravitas to the movie, that it's not unfair to say that they elevate it completely. But the story also works, plus there is a lot of action and blood to be shed. If you like period settings, you will have quite a lot to watch here. And a lot to like obviously too.The movie is really good, but a sort of sequel kinda almost put it down. Don't watch the other movie before or after. If you must I guess after, but you won't like it. This here has a good script and good effects, with a few nice twists along the way (mostly predictable of course), that will keep you entertained.