A few hours ago, I watched the Ridley Scott-directed film The Last Duel...which was about the final government-sanctioned duel in France.
I enjoyed this flick for the most part...as it was fairly accurate to what I read about the actual event on Wikipedia beforehand.
I liked how this movie was divided into three chapters to tell the story of how this duel came to be from the perspective of the three individuals caught up in this medieval love triangle: Sir Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon), Marguerite de Carrouges (Jodie Comer, who was awesome in this summer's hit comedy flick Free Guy) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver).
As mentioned above, the duel was fairly accurate to historical accounts—though I read in the actual story that Carrouges and Le Gris had their helmets on till the very bloody end. Oh well.
And in case you were expecting the medieval battles that were peppered throughout this movie to be as exciting as those in Scott's Oscar-winning epic Gladiator, think again.
Just re-watch Gladiator for the amazing combat scenes, as well as Hans Zimmer's steering music in that film.
See The Last Duel to find out what happened in 14th-century France when you were accused of adultery and wanted to defend (to the death) what little honor you had. Carry on.
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