"The Last Duel," Reviewed: Ridley Scott's Wannabe #MeToo Movie
Matt Damon and Adam Driver face off on horseback in a historical drama of rape and the pursuit of justice in medieval France.
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Matt Damon and Adam Driver face off on horseback in a historical drama of rape and the pursuit of justice in medieval France.
I have to confess that The Last Duel takes a little getting used to. It's set in medieval France and it features a scar-riddled Matt Damon sporting facial hair that's almost comically unbecoming—not to mention that weird kind of stilted historical-movie dialogue ("My lord, the accusation is false!") that suggests people in the 14th century spoke in a far more cultured way than we do now. Even the illiterates, like Damon's character, Jean de Carrouges.
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Ridley Scott's epic, which opens in 1386 Paris, tells the story of a duel between a squire of a knight from three points of view — including that of the woman they're fighting over.