Berlin: ARC Entertainment Acquires Medieval Actioner ‘Ironclad’

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• It is great to see independant film companies being able to produce outstanding films on an incredibly small budget.I think this film had 12 million pounds to spend as against 200 million pounds spent for the last Robin Hood film.Congratulations must go to Jonathan English and his cast and crew for an epic film produced on a shoestring budget.

  Comment by Graham Anderson — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 7:23am PST  Reply to this post

• Please explain to me how they financed this (somewhere north of £12 million) with James Purefoy in the lead.

  Comment by Grandison — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 8:11am PST  Reply to this post

  • Somebody liked SOLOMON KANE?

    Comment by cst — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 9:13am PST  Reply to this post

• Explosions, battles, and hot knights. I’ll see it. Buying my sour patch kids now.

  Comment by CL — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 8:44am PST  Reply to this post

• Was that Zach Galafinakis in medieval gear? I think I saw the Highlander do a cameo as well.

  Comment by jon — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 8:54am PST  Reply to this post

• Sounds like its being dumped to 10 screens…welcome to the new economy!

  Comment by Ican'tbelieve Its not butter — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 10:12am PST  Reply to this post

  • Please enlighten the rest of us pleebs and explain what makes it “sound like it’s being dumped to 10 screens”. Sounds like you have experienced being dumped?

    Comment by Butterball — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 11:10am PST  Reply to this post

• There’s some serious sword hacking and tons of blood. It’s a fun romp.

  Comment by seen it in London — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 11:11am PST  Reply to this post

  • “Seen it in London”, you say “There’s some serious sword hacking and tons of blood. It’s a fun romp.”

    I sincerely hope you’re being sarcastic. If not, if for you “tons of blood” equals a “fun romp”, please look within and reconnect with your Higher Self, the source of love and peace.

    Comment by JJ — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 2:56pm PST  Reply to this post

    • JJ, If i want to connect with my “higher self” (whatever the fuck that means), i don’t do it by going to a movie on a friday night. Stop pushing your low self worth and your so-called pseudo search for religious peace on others. Glass houses JJ, glass houses…

      Comment by JJ's on the wrong site — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 3:50pm PST  Reply to this post

• Warner Bros does it again with “Ironclad”!

  As we all know, EVERY action movie MUST have multiple FIERY EXPLOSIONS and CLOSE UP DEATH.
  Thank God the Trailer for “Ironclad” doesn’t disappoint.
  First FLAMING BOOMS at 5 seconds in, then an extended FLAMING EXPLOSION SEQUENCE starting at 1:05.
  I know what some of you are thinking. It’s a medieval period piece, so how the hell are they going to sweeten up the flick with modern day EXPLOSIONS-to appeal to EXPLOSION LUSTING psyche of boys 14-35?
  No problem?
  Catapults and FLAMING EXPLODING BALLS!

  FLAMING EXPLOSIONS, PEOPLE ON FIRE, CLOSE UP SWORD DEATH- by golly, “Ironclad’s” got it all. Add a little dose of rah-rah guys defending their “country”, and a pretty young teenage girl, and Warner will make bank.
  Cause making bank is what it’s all about, n’est-ce pas?

  Comment by JJ — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 1:08pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Yes, JJ, its is about “making bank” because this is show business and not show charity! Unlike you, I have seen the film and it is most definitely a fun romp with lots of serious sword hacking and tons of blood, as “Seen it in London” so rightly says. My own “Higher Self” is fine and connected, thanks, and sends you its middle finger!

    IRONCLAD, although I think the title is wrong, is action-adventure, basically a MAGNIFICENT SEVEN remake but none the worse for that, and gives moviegoers something for their money. It is also blessedly not in 3D. James Purefoy is excellent in the lead, by the way. And on a historical note, there were flaming fireballs in the Middle Age, as in put flammable stuff in the ballista, light and hurl! Try seeing the film before letting loose.

    Comment by Ripsnorter — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 3:17pm PST  Reply to this post

  • JJ

    What planet are you living on, it is obviously not the same one the rest of us are on, I think you should go back to school and learn a little history, flaming fireballs and ballista etc are NOT a modern invention, these devastating weapons of war date all the way back to ancient Greek and Roman times and earlier.

    Comment by Allan J — Wednesday March 9, 2011 @ 9:29am PST  Reply to this post

• The above comment is meant for JJ, not Ripsnorter

  Comment by Wow 2 — Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 3:52pm PST  Reply to this post

• As long as there is no tobacco drug use.

  Comment by Mance — Monday June 20, 2011 @ 4:04pm PDT  Reply to this post