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Ridley Scott's latest film, 'The Last Duel', is a historical drama. So, is 'The Last Duel' based on a true story, or is it mostly fiction?

NEW YORK (CNS) -- There are many knights but not much shining armor in the grim historical drama The Last Duel (20th Century).

Ridley Scott gets bogged down in medieval mud and murk as he attempts to tell a rape-revenge story starring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon and Adam Driver

Matt Damon and Adam Driver square off in 'The Last Duel.' Patrick Redmond/20th Century Studios "The Last Duel" is a difficult watch, at times, due to

You've seen him before. But you've never seen him as a drunk and horny 14th century lord.

It’s easy to forget now, but when Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting in 1997, neither actor was well-known. Both had had

With Ben Affleck and Matt Damon writing and Ridley Scott directing, no one expected The Last Duel to be tricky, but Covid changed everything.

BRIAN VINER: The first feature film directed by Ridley Scott was 1977s The Duellists, set in Napoleonic France. Now he brings us The Last Duel, also set in France.

I'd love to see a documentary about how the rousing and epic and bloody fantastic historical drama ...

“The Last Duel” is like a medieval tale deconstructed, piece by piece, until its heavily armored male characters and the genres mythologized nobility are unmasked.