Ironclad

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.

Cast

James Purefoy

James Purefoy

as Thomas Marshall

Kate Mara

Kate Mara

as Lady Isabel

Jason Flemyng

Jason Flemyng

as Becket

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

as King John

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

as Albany

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

as Cornhill

Charles Dance

Charles Dance

as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury

Aneurin Barnard

Aneurin Barnard

as Guy

Jamie Foreman

Jamie Foreman

as Coteral

Mackenzie Crook

Mackenzie Crook

as Marks

Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

**A film about a true fact in history, which is entertaining, but not very rigorous.** In 1215, during the First Barons' War, which occurred in the aftermath of a revolt and the signing of the Magna Carta, King John of England had to lay siege to Rochester Castle, a strategic point in his kingdom...

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