The cast including Killing Eve's Jodie Comer, Oscar-winning screenwriters duo Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, and iconic director Ridley Scott, are all reasons to attend this film.
The Last Duel is a mature theme that centers around Jodie Comer's character, a married noblewoman. She claims that her husband's old friend, a squire (Adam Driver), sexually assaulted her, but no one believes her. As a result, Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) challenged Adam Driver's character to a combat trial in order to reclaim his wife and his dignity (very Game of Thrones-y).
The film is structured in a Rashomon style, with three chapters concentrating on the perspectives of three important characters. The first belonged to Jean de Carrouges, a proud combat hero who desired nothing more than to be respected. Act 1 came to a close when Marguerite de Carrouges informed her husband that she had been assaulted by Jaques Le Gris. The second chapter focuses on Le Gris' (Adam Driver) perspective and how he believes it was consensual. Finally, the final chapter relates the story from Marguerite de Carrouges' point of view, detailing how both men had wronged her and how she devised the scheme.
The change in POV is particularly effective because it displays how different people see the same event from different perspectives. The final chapter shows us what happened from the victim's standpoint, and we can clearly see the discrepancies in men's and women's perspectives on assault and sexual invitation. Until we see the reality, everyone believes they are the heroes of the story, both de Carrouges and Le Gris.
This has to be Ridley Scoot's most horrific and violent film. The gory duel sequences are incredible. The film also acknowledges that the last duel is fought for the dignity and honor of two men, not for the woman. Despite the fact that she had been wronged, everyone was focused on the males. Also,
Marguerite de Carrouges is reminiscent of Lady Macbeth in that she is more clever and intelligent than her husband, who is primarily concerned with his pride. In the end, she is the victor of the duel, without a doubt.
SCORE: 4.5/5
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