OK, this one is a long-time coming. Arthurian lore certainly has a lot of timeless lessons to teach us. Violence is not strength; compassion is not weakness etc etc. It has never had a particular impact on my life but I do find them interesting enough to watch on occasion. But mixing it into the modern world needs to be done with exceptional care and for me, the Kid Who would be King is a clumsy effort.
The Kid Who Would be King was written and directed by Joe
Cornish, who had previously written the Adventures of Tintin and Attack the
Block, and had a hand with Ant-man. All movies of decent quality. He directed
the first 2 of them too, so I hold nothing against him as a director going in.
This film was released by Fox, as one of the last films it
released before the Disney takeover but despite some critical success, made a
pittance at the box office, not even making back it’s $50m budget.
