Jodie Comer

Matt Damon

Adam Driver

Ben Affleck

Harriet Walter

Marton Csokas

Alex Lawther

William Houston

Oliver Cotton

Zeljko Ivanek

Nathaniel Parker

Tallulah Haddon

Aurélien Lorgnier

Bryony Hannah

Thomas Silberstein

Adam Goodwin

Ian Pirie

Daniel Horn

Michael McElhatton

Sam Hazeldine

Clive Russell

Julian Firth

Sylvain Lablée

Zoé Bruneau

Chloé Lindau

Adam Nagaitis

Elise Caprice

Fiona Maherault Valinski

Tassia Martin

Camille Mutin

Caoimhe O'Malley

John Kavanagh

Simone Collins

Clare Dunne

Christian Erickson

Alex Blanchard

Gin Minelli

Cécilia Steiner

Serena Kennedy

Quentin Ogier

Paul Bandey

Martin Vaughan Lewis

Brontis Jodorowsky

Peter Hudson

Alexander Pattie

Dimitri Michelsen

Stephen Brennan

Colin David Reese

Bosco Hogan

Kyle Hixon

Florian Hutter

Sam Chemoul

Jim Roche

Martin Gogarty

Ronan Leonard

Shane Lynch

Peter Kirkby

Kevin McGahern

Lorris Chevalier

Mark Atkin

Janet Grene

Chloe Harris

Karl Hogan

Tyrone Kearns

Brian Manning

Brian F. Mulvey

Fady Naguib

Harry Gregson-Williams

Dariusz Wolski

Claire Simpson

Arthur Max

Janty Yates

Rachel Walker

Brodie Toriati

Lucile Perez

Michelle O'Loughlin

Nora Nagys

Rachel Morgan

Guillaume Marty

Catherine Lundon

Michèle Garrigue

Emma Condren

Nicole Chapman

Una Carroll

Elsie Barry

Rob Inch

Nicole Holofcener

Kevin Halloran

Drew Vinton

Sasha Veneziano

Aidan Elliott

Loïc Chavanon

Colman Corish

Stéphane Cressend

Briana Hegarty

Gary McGinty

Riccardo Monti

Cristina Onori

Judy Farr

Jean-Marc Benois

Aurélie Bouchet

Amélie Bouilly

Dorothy Campbell

Valérie Chapelle

Michèle Constantinides

Alexis Continente

Jodi Corpe

Sophie Dauchez

Vincent de Monfreid

Hugo Adams

Adam Armitage

Claire Bernengo

Daniel Birch

Stéphane Bucher

Oliver Ferris

David Giammarco

Tim Gomillion

Sue Harding

Sophia Hardman

Paul Massey

Adam Mendez

Kevin Penney

Jérôme Rabu

Oliver Tarney

Can Yesilyurt

Gary Brozenich

Stuart Gardiner

Daniel Hazeltine

Skye Radies

Sébastien Raets

Haijing Wang

Matteo Silvi

Karine Hamelle

Tiberio Nardi

Vanessa Ricolleau

Annie Crawford

Judith Devlin

Joelle Aoun

Carine Demonguères

Antonin Huet Calafat

Mary Saisselin

William Miller

Dawn Gough

James Flynn

Morgan O'Sullivan

John Bernard

Teresa Kelly

Elaine Hopkins

Rob Bliss

Pedro Eustache

Ridley Scott

Eric Jager

Kevin J. Walsh

Madison Ainley

Jennifer Fox

Aoife Quinn

Vencislav Stojanov

Stilyan Mavrov

Georgi Manchev

Trayan Milenov-Troy

History

Drama

Action

The Last Duel

20th Century Studios

Pearl Street Films

Scott Free Productions

United States of America

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/the-last-duel-spoiler-free-review

"The Last Duel became one of my favorite Ridley Scott films, boasting a commanding Jodie Comer who delivers one of the year's most emotionally powerful performances.

Adam Driver, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck all offer remarkable interpretations, but the actress fully embodies Marguerite de Carrouges' courage amid so much pain and suffering in a theme-heavy, brutally shocking true story.

The perspective-based narrative structure is interesting and efficient enough to overcome its inevitable repeatability issues. Holding technical attributes that will surely get recognition in the awards season - especially Harry Gregson-Williams’ score - the actual duel is one of the most nerve-wracking sequences of the last few years, compensating the audience's patience with a satisfying climax.

Watch it on the big screen, if possible."

Rating: A-

Giovanni

**Analysis and Explanation at Spotamovie.com** - The Last Duel is a story of friendship, love and betrayals. But also of violence, war and weak justice. So even if it tries to focus on the role of women within society in the Middle Ages, the film presents crucial topics and a particular narrative structure. And we think this is a hazardous solution by Ridley Scott and his team, but somehow, it makes sense. And we are going to explain to you why in our analysis. The film is based on a true story, and reveal the courage of a woman who defied a nation and made history. - **The Story** - Two old friends, Sir Jean de Carrooges and Jacques Le Gris, found themselves fighting each other in different aspects of their lives. As a result, their military career takes different paths, as well as their social status and lives. Therefore, they build a story of envy, jealousy and betrayals that will change their stories forever. But why? The movie will provide you with three versions of the truth, and we have the challenging role of understanding who is lying. A gorgeous, highly educated woman will make things harder between the two old friends, Marguerite de Thibouville. What is going to happen? For which reasons a duel will be necessary? And who is Marguerite? - Full Analysis at https://www.spotamovie.com/the-last-duel-movie-review-and-analysis-2021-movie/

CinemaSerf

There is definitely something of Kurosawa's "Rashomon" (1950) in the compelling watch that Sir Ridley Scott has stitched together here, depicting well, as it does, the rather pyramidical feudal system that provided the legal and cultural structure of life in 14th century Europe. The film centres around allegations made by "Lady Marguerite" (Jodie Comer) that during the absence of her war-hero husband "Sir Jean" (Matt Damon) she was subjected to the unwanted attentions of powerful squire "le Gris" (Adam Driver). By way of a legal presentation to King Charles VI, the narrative now presents us with three equally plausible tales of just how these events may have unfolded. A tale of the initial friendliness between the men and of the ambition, greed, politics and fickleness that led to their current predicament. I cannot say that Damon is particularly good, nor is the blondly coiffured Ben Affleck particularly impressive as their overlord "Pierre d'Alencon", but both Driver and Comer offer us strong and characterful performances as each of their stories are rendered to the Court. The different versions are largely the same, there are but subtle and nuanced variations that you might, were you to be on a jury, have to identify and evaluate - in the end there are no forensics, there is no evidence as such - it is all about whom you believe. Again, this makes the film more interesting. It's not just whom you believe, but whom you want to believe, whom you think you ought to believe. There is the powerful church to consider; the local lords - decisions cannot be made according simply to any "rule of Law" or "code of chivalry". The duel - letting God decide - is the culmination (we see this at the very start of the film before our deliberations begin), but the cleverness of Scott and the writers here is to present us with as near facts as they can - we are left to make our own assessment. We are left to look at the way in which land and people - high born, or otherwise - were pawns in a game knowingly, or otherwise, that frequently became matters of life or death. The photography reminded me a little of the recent "The King" (2019) in that the filthy, muddy, damp and rat-infested conditions in which even the grandees lived are presented authentically and that adds loads to the overall feel of the film. The weather being often cold and wet, the battles being fierce and bloody - all of this contributes well to the strong visual imangery. It is a long film, but I found the episodic nature carried that rather well and the last twenty minutes are certainly worth sticking around for.

Lengthy and rich-looking period drama might have some great set and costumes, and an interesting enough storytelling style with three different viewpoints, I found this not terribly entertaining and everything felt empty and cold. I like Ridley Scott but this is one of his lesser outings. **2.5/5**

<em>'The Last Duel'</em> is a fun time. I remember hearing this flopped at the box office (not that that's a sure sign of anything) and had a joke told at its expense at the Oscars, therefore I wasn't too sure what to expect from this Ridley Scott movie. Happily, I comfortably enjoyed it.

The plot is a little bit thin, especially for a 153 minute flick, though due to how it is portrayed via differing viewpoints I was always interested in what I was seeing onscreen. I actually was anticipating it to drag at some point down the line, though that surprisingly never happened.

It's a great cast. The looks of Matt Damon and Adam Driver are questionable at first, though by the conclusion their appearance was one of my favourite things about their respective characters. The performances of Damon and Driver are strong, as is Jodie Comer's.

Ben Affleck is also noteworthy, a word that can also be used in reference to Željko Ivanek and Adam Nagaitis - though, admittedly, for those that is more of a personal thing; it's always nice to see fellows from <em>'The Walking Dead'</em> universe appear in other media.