Time Out
Dreary jousting, production values that make Monty Python and the Holy Grail look lavish, and an excruciating synthesiser score make this a real trial.
Critic Rating
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Director
Stephen Weeks
Cast
Sean Connery,
Trevor Howard,
Miles O'Keeffe,
Leigh Lawson,
Emma Sutton,
Cyrielle Clair
Genre
Adventure,
Fantasy
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.
Time Out
Dreary jousting, production values that make Monty Python and the Holy Grail look lavish, and an excruciating synthesiser score make this a real trial.
TV Guide Magazine
The only thing that redeems the film from total worthlessness is Connery's Green Knight, a frightening vision in armor.
Arizona Republic by Bill Muller
Moronic mace-and-mail mischief. [02 Jul 2004, p.1p]
Miami Herald
There are plenty of good B movies around to amuse fans of the medieval-hocum genre, but Sword of the Valiant rates a D- minus. [03 Dec 1984, p.C8]
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