The Last Duel (2021)

STAR ON DISNEY+ ★★★★

♦ Ridley Scott’s latest pits Matt Damon and Adam Driver’s Norman noblemen against each other in a trial by combat, the first having accused the second of raping his wife (a quietly tremendous Jodie Comer, who stands to be burned at the stake if it’s decided she lied). This is a knotty, stimulating drama with a piquant Metoo edge and the heft and splendour of an oldschool historical epic.