The Last Duel (2021)
Ridley Scott’s 2021 fourteenth-century rape trial drama. Damon, Driver, Affleck, Comer. Three Rashomon perspectives.
Ridley Scott
This archive gathers the films directed by Ridley Scott reviewed at Master of Worlds: “American Gangster (2007)”, “Black Hawk Down (2001)”, “Gladiator (2000)”, “Morgan (2016)”, “The Last Duel (2021)”, and “The Martian (2015)” — 6 titles in all. Seen together they show a consistent sensibility across different films. The reviews focus on the direction as craft — what it contributes, how it serves each story, and what separates the work from the ordinary version of the same material. Rather than rank the films, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list expands as additional titles are added.
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Ridley Scott’s 2001 Mogadishu battle. October 1993 Somalia raid gone wrong. Ensemble military procedural. Bowden book adaptation.
American Gangster (2007)
Ridley Scott’s 2007 Frank Lucas biopic. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in parallel protagonist tracks. Vietnam-Harlem heroin connection.
The Martian (2015)
The Martian is the rare mainstream science fiction film that treats its science as the point rather than as decoration. Ridley Scott directed. Drew…
Gladiator (2000)
Gladiator is the film that revived the Hollywood epic. Seen it four times. The 9 rating is honest evaluation. Ridley Scott directing. Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius. Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus. Connie Nielsen as Lucilla. Oliver Reed as Proximo. Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius. Djimon…
Morgan (2016) — Review
Morgan is the film Luke Scott made instead of inheriting his father’s career on better terms. Ridley Scott’s son directed his first feature in 2016. The film flopped. It deserved better than the box office gave it. It also deserved less than the marketing implied. The 6.5 is honest. Morgan is a…
Morgan (2016) — Review
Luke Scott’s directorial debut with Kate Mara and Anya Taylor-Joy. The Paul Giamatti interrogation scene is the reason to watch. Morgan at 6.5/10.