The Green Knight

A short story about King Arthur's nephew and the youngest of his knights. Adapted from the 14th century Arthurian poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Callum Adams is the easy on the eye adventurer at the court of his uncle, the legendary King Arthur. He needs a quest, though. He's restless and wanders the seemingly pretty lawless countryside getting into scrapes as he goes. Then at a banquet, an huge and mysterious knight arrives and dares someone to cut off his head! "Gawain" steps up to the plate only to discover, well you know the myth. It's a story of courage and faith, and had this had a bit more of a budget then it might have delivered a little better. As it is, though, what we really get is a rather meandering collection of loosely connected single-camera cinematography peppered with very little dialogue, some rather wooden acting and a few feebly choreographed combat scenes. It does look quite authentic though, and is rescued to an extent by some intensity from the last ten minutes but it's still quite a long watch for not much action.