The Last Duel (2021): A Movie Review

In The Last Duel, Ridley Scott directs a historical drama based on a 2014 book, retelling events that have passed into French cultural legend regarding the last “trial by combat” in medieval France, 1386.

The screenplay is written by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Nicole Holofcener – Enough Said (2013), Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) – and has been received as a medieval #MeToo drama.