The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die takes the Action / Drama route and wastes little time pretending life is going to remain orderly. Here, things explode, plans go sideways, and sensible risk assessment has apparently taken the afternoon off. The rating says it has enough going for it to justify a look, provided the premise is your kind of trouble. The real question is whether the movie can keep its nerve once the setup is established — because a good premise is easy; landing the thing without driving into a hedge is the difficult bit.