I finally watched the last duel. While I enjoyed it, I can totally see why this movie bombed. It was marketed like Gladiator lite but was actually more like Malice or Presumed Innocent or even Big Little Lies. Just set in medieval times.
Who is the target audience for an adult relationship drama with a $150m budget? It wasn’t political or sexy enough to grab an adult couples audience (the other Boleyn girl, Mary queen of scots etc) and it wasn’t action oriented enough to grab the male audience (gladiator, kingdom of heaven).
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