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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

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jodie Comer and Nicole Holofcener break down what's true and what's invented in Ridley Scott's historical epic 'The Last Duel.'

Hollywood stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are singing each other praises for their much-awaited onscreen reunion in The Last Duel.

Highlights from Time, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times and others.

More than 40 years ago, Ridley Scott made his cinematic debut with The Duellists, about two French cavalry officers locked in an endless round of duels during the Napoleonic Wars.

Hollywood stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are singing each other praises for their much-awaited onscreen reunion in The Last Duel.

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

It's been 24 years since "Good Will Hunting" made Oscar-winning scribes out of real-life best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.