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Arthur & Merlin

Arthur & Merlin

  • Status: Released
  • 17-04-2015
  • Runtime: 103 min
  • Score: 4.9
  • Vote count: 71

In dark ages Britain, a time of magic and legend, a powerful druid is bent on destroying the Celtic people. Arthur, a banished warrior, and Merlin, a hermit wizard, embark on a heroic quest to stop the druid and save their people, before the Celts are lost forever and become a myth themselves.

Kirk Barker

Arthur

Adrian Bouchet

Lucan

David Sterne

King Vortigern

Nigel Cooke

Aberthol

Charlotte Brimble

Olwen

Nicholas Asbury

Orin

Garth Maunders

Faelan

Andrew Grose

Brian

Joseph Attenborough

Eogan

Jack Rigby

Anyon

Alison Harris

Branwen

Stefan Butler

Myrrdin

Harvey Walsh

Young Arthfael

Jack Maw

Young Myrrdin

Hattie Pardy-McLaughlin

Young Nia

Helen Phillips

Nia

Gareth Bennett-Ryan

Brice

Kiel O'Shea

Drest

Ben Boorman

Yorath

Karin Floengard Jonsson

Radha

Nathaniel Marten

Rogan

Delilah Gyves-Smart

Pregant Woman

Ethan Mckinley

Torquil

David Morrell

Hunter

Robin Berry

Scrawny Villager

Ben Craze

Grizzly Villager

Bartley Burke

Excited Villager Eric

Amy Floyd

Celtic Warrior (uncredited)

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This is actually quite a watchable drama that's been made with one camera on a shoestring budget in some caves somewhere is darkest Staffordshire. It's a precursor to traditional Arthurian legend but still follows that young man - thus far called "Arthfael" (Kirk Barker) as he falls foul of nasty king "Vortigern" (David Sterne) and his henchman "Aberthol" (Nigel Cooke) who murdered his mother when he was young and then drove the young man into the woods. He's heard tell of the legendary "Myrrdin" (Stefan Butler) in whom he thinks he can put his trust and maybe get some vengeance. What now ensues is all fairly predictable, but rather than dot the thing with endless cheap and cheerful visual effects, it satisfies itself with a few blue bulbs (out of shot) and some slightly comical acting to feign the mysticism, hypnotism and evil of the times. There's probably too much dialogue and at times you just want to scream "get a room" to our intrepid pair of rebels, but by limiting itself to delivering something that doesn't rely on tech is hasn't got, it works akin to one of the old television episodes of "Robin of Sherwood" meets "Merlin". No, you'll never remember it afterwards, but if you like the genre and the characters then there are plenty of worse renditions out there.