The Duellists (1977)
9/10
This should be ranked much higher
24 December 2009
Unlike films of critical acclaim like "The GodFather" or "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" - this classic movie goes completely unnoticed by the Public.

I don't know how to explain the 7.4, I can't find fault with this film as to why one would rate it that low other than the budget didn't allow for the same Epic making of other classic films. Or maybe the ambiguous ending, but to me the ending made perfect since for both the main characters personalities.

Without a doubt the best sword fighting scenes I have ever seen in a movie. Pirates of the Caribbean has nothing on this. The scenes look entirely natural (not CGId or seemingly choreographed, but what real sword fighting might be like...at times elegant, at times sloppy merely surviving) I think a difference is many people give films like The Godfather, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, the 10 out of 10 nod because EVERYONE does. Without objectively viewing and determining the film for themselves they believe it is great. This film is just as good as those films and on a much smaller budget.
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