Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman get medieval in Last Knights, available on April 3rd.
TrailerLionsgate have given us an exclusive clip from Last Knights, starring Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman and Oscar-nominated actor Clive Owen.
Last Knightsfollows a samurai warrior band out for revenge after their master is killed by a corrupt emperor. Owen plays warrior Raiden. Freeman plays a nobleman who employs the warrior caste.
Watch the clip here:
Last Knights was directed and co-produced by Kazuaki Kiriya, who helmed Japanese action movies Goemon and Casshern. Michael Konyves and Dove Sussman wrote the screenplay.
The movie also features Cliff Curtis (Gang Related) as Lt. Cortez, James Babson (Hellboy), Pavel Bezdek (Mission: Impossible—Ghost Patrol), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters); Dave Legeno as Olaf and Ayelet Zurer as Naomi. Norwegian actor Aksel Hennie (Hercules) plays Gezza Mott, the villain.
The official synposis reads:
"Academy Award Nominee Clive Owen (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Closer, 2004) delivers an electrifying performance as a fallen warrior who rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master, Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Million Dollar Baby, 2004) in this epic, sword-clashing adventure of loyalty, honor, and vengeance."
Where else will you see Morgan Freeman in a Fu Manchu mustache?
Last Knightswill see a limited theatrical and on demand release on April 3, 2015.
