37
Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxWhile not exactly in the same league as the visually dazzling "Excalibur" and saddled with cheap looking CGI effects, this Anglo-Italian co-production has quite a bit of fun finding a direct path from the fall of Rome to the birth of Arthurian legend.
- 50The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinThough it's never wise to underestimate the power or universal appeal of Rai's cleavage and lustrous hair, that's about all that sets the doggedly mediocre The Last Legion apart from every other sword-and-sandal epic about the origins of Camelot.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliWhen a movie wants to be sold as a spectacle, it had better deliver something more spectacular than this.
- 50Los Angeles TimesJohn AndersonLos Angeles TimesJohn AndersonNot as bad as it sounds nor as good as it might have been.
- 50Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThe film is nothing to be ashamed of (especially if you're Kingsley). But it's as if everybody involved knows what the deal is.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEvery once in a while, though, Firth's eyebrow hints, Can you believe I'm wearing this dorky leather breastplate?
- 40VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonSeriously hampered by glaring inconsistencies of tone and intent, and often feels like a series of highlights carved out of a much longer epic.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckLackluster and decidedly old-fashioned (in the worst way).
- 40The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThis might have made a good children’s film.
- 38The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyDistinctly humdrum, The Last Legion, a boy's adventure story that seems to have been dragged out of the vaults of some early-sixties TV series.