The Last Duel (2021)

Do not believe the hype about this box office bomb. I was
expecting more of the turgid, awful Kingdom of Heaven style
Ridley Scott than Gladiator Ridley Scott - yet this is his most
complex, ambitious and challenging film of his career. Of course
it tanked - it's closer in tone to an art-house medieval flick
like this year's The Green Knight than something rousing and
dynamic like Gladiator. A timely, adult and provoking film
bolstered by it's three act play - the same story from each of an
excellent Matt Damon's, Adam Driver and Jodie Comer's differing
perspectives, taking a sobering look at consent, pulling no
punches or offering easy answers. The cherry on top of one of the
most under appreciated films of the year is it's near verbatim
recite of a ridiculously improbable, yet fully documented 700
year old true story.