Every Guy Ritchie Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

7. King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword

King Arthur Legend of the Sword Charlie Hunnam
Warner Bros.

Ritchie was certainly an inspired choice to helm a big-budget King Arthur reboot, and while undeniably rough around the edges, Legend of the Sword is surely the most underrated film in his entire back catalogue.

Charlie Hunnam makes for a likeable geezer version of the titular hero, and the supporting cast is a lot of fun, especially Jude Law as the hilariously hammy King Vortigern.

Sharp editing keeps the pace snappy, the quip-happy dialogue is a lot of fun, the action sequences are solid - if overly reliant on CGI - and Daniel Pemberton's musical score is probably better than the movie really deserves.

Though it's already a bit of a cult fave among Ritchie's fans, it tanked critically and commercially, failing to even recoup its (admittedly overpriced) $175 million budget.

It's certainly the better of Ritchie's two dalliances with mega-budget filmmaking, even if in every sense that counts it was a failure.

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