Pictured: Poster of the movie "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts". Photo by Zhong Xin
HANGZHOU, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The magical action blockbuster "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" directed by Hollywood "ghost talent" Guy Ritchie will be released in China in North America on May 12. The film is modeled on the medieval legendary "Game of Thrones", incorporating a vengeful dark and rock style, and has been praised by fans as "Game of Thrones Movie Upgrade".
It is reported that "Ten Thousand Charms" David Beckham played a grumpy samurai under the villain Vodigeng in the film, which was his first time on the Chinese big screen as an actor. Although he only made a cameo appearance in the film, and was a personal unpleasant villain, and even "disfigured", fans said that he was "still handsome and slaggy".
King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts is based on the legend of King Arthur's "Sword in the Stone". In the film, The Handsome British Brother Jude Lowe plays the villain Voltagen, a tyrant with a heart of power, who chooses to trade with the devil again because he does not want to change his power, in order to obtain huge magical powers to keep the precarious throne.
Pictured: Stills from the movie "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts". Photo by Zhong Xin
Charlie Hannum, who has countless fans of "Pacific Rim", plays Arthur, the nephew of Voltagen. Growing up in exile, Arthur witnessed his parents being killed by his uncle Voltigen and stripped of his right to the throne. In this film, he will return as an Avenger and start a black and white, good vs evil war with Voltagen.
In addition, Eric Barner (representative work "Hulk"), Astrid Burgess-Frisbee (representative work "Pirates of the Caribbean 4"), "Littlefinger" Aidan Gillen in "Game of Thrones" and others will also present unique performances in the film.
Within the story framework of "The Prince's Revenge", the film also adds a large number of fantasy elements such as monsters, mammoths, giant snakes, demons, and powerful holy swords, so that the audience can see the taste of "Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit", "Warcraft" and other films.
At the same time, some netizens believe that although "King Arthur: Fighting Beasts" tells the story of a bunch of British old cannons", it is actually very Chinese, and the plot is very similar to the combination of "Journey to the West", "Deer DingJi" and "Eagle Hero".
The film's director, Guy Richie, is known as Hollywood's "ghost talent". In 1998, he won the Best Director Award at the 11th Tokyo International Film Festival for his first feature-length work, Two Smoking Guns. In 2000, his self-written and self-directed crime comedy film "Kidnapping and Robbery" broke the highest box office record in British film history with a box office score of 30 million. Between 2009 and 2011, he made the adventure suspense film Sherlock Holmes series, which grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.
It is reported that the format versions of this film include 3D, Chinese Giant Screen 3D, China Giant Screen Atmos 3D, Dolby Cinema 3D (Horizon + Panoramic Sound), etc. From May 12, the audience can experience this magical action feast in different format versions. (End)