Ironclad

Ironclad

Heavy metal goes medieval.

R 2011 · 121 min · ★ 6.2 · Romance, Adventure, Action, History

In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom.

Directed by Jonathan English · Written by Jonathan English

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James Purefoy Thomas Marshall
Kate Mara Lady Isabel
Jason Flemyng Becket
Paul Giamatti King John
Brian Cox Albany
Derek Jacobi Cornhill
Charles Dance Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Aneurin Barnard Guy
Jamie Foreman Coteral
Mackenzie Crook Marks
Rhys Parry Jones Wulfstan
Vladimir Kulich Tiberius

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