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- 2017
- TV-14
- History
- 2017
- TV-14
- History
Summary Sir Landry (Tom Cullen) heads up the Knights Templar's search for the Holy Grail in the historical drama series about the the events that will eventually lead to the deaths of the knights on Friday the 13th, 1307.
Created By: Don Handfield, Richard Rayner
- 2017
- TV-14
- History
- 2017
- TV-14
- History
Knightfall
Season 1 Premiere: Dec 6, 2017
47
6.0
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Summary Sir Landry (Tom Cullen) heads up the Knights Templar's search for the Holy Grail in the historical drama series about the the events that will eventually lead to the deaths of the knights on Friday the 13th, 1307.
Created By: Don Handfield, Richard Rayner
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
47
8% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
75% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
17% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
47
8% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
75% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
17% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The cast is good, the fight scenes prolific, the overall lifting not heavy. Grailies among you could do worse. With lots of blood, some hooey, and even some history, this appears to be a decent--and watchable--period drama.
Ambitious in its scale, but hamstrung by its conventions, Knightfall often confuses violence and brutality for visceral authenticity.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 89 User Ratings
6.0
51% Positive
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
20% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
29% Negative
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 89 User Ratings
6.0
51% Positive
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
20% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
29% Negative
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
I just can't explain in words how unfathomably average this series is. After watching all episodes I can barely remember what characters were in the series. That is because albeit some characters have a decent development going on, most, including the main character, are just jarring to watch. Also many plot points are just outright dropped or never resolved. All in all, I wouldn't really recommend anyone to watch this, you must have a very serious soft spot for the classic Templars vs Saracens / Medieval setting to even get a hunch of enjoyment out of this.
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Knightfall takes a fascinating historical moment and uses it as an excuse to channel a half-dozen fictionalized histories and renders something specific relatively generic.
Knightfall is a rather plodding and predictable game of medieval thrones. [27 Nov - 10 Dec 2017, p.9]
Knightfall’s muddied, dull clash of warring religious nonentities never commits to any aspect of its tale, which renders this newest period piece as dramatically inert as it is historically valueless.
Knightfall is deadly serious and full of violent encounters. It also hinges on a bevy of plot twists, some of which are very fun. But it’s also a weakness, as the show focuses almost entirely on its sprawling plot rather than character development. Consequently, the early episodes lag until enough plot points have gone by that the intrigue starts to really payoff, yet it’s hard to really connect with any of the characters (Except maybe Joan, who Ross gives a great deal of depth to as the episodes wear on).
In piecing together the why and how of the Templars’ decline showrunner Dominic Minghella and his writing team lazily paste together a collage of conceits familiar to any sword and/or sorcery fan--and many of those films did a better job at selling such a story.
This is quite an entertaining series if you have no respect to history. I am trying to think of a single thing that was done right...I have got nothing. So if you are not bothered about historical facts, if cringey fighting choreography does not upset you, if you do not understand why men used to wear armour and so on and on, you might love it.
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Show started off great, then you get to the end of the first season. They are hanging someon, and they just let him wear a glove, with a fully exposed knife to get hanged. This is a half decent show, with really bad excuse for plot
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Not historically accurate at all. Fight sequences ridiculous- one stab of a sword goes right through solid plate armor? Really? And terrible acting too. Avoid.
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Production Company:
- A+E Studios
- Midnight Radio
- Stillking Films
- The Combine
Initial Release Date: Dec 6, 2017
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
• 1 Nomination
