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Arthur the King<\/strong> (2024)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lionsgate\/Drama-Adventure\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 107 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG-13 (some strong language)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Simon Cellan Jones\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Michael Brandt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Kevin Matley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Jacques Jouffret\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: March 15, 2024 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu, Juliet Rylance, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ali Suliman, Bear Grylls, Paul Guilfoyle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0How many of these inspirational BOATS (Based On a True Story) has Mark Wahlberg made now? Going backwards, we\u2019ve got Father Stu, Joe Bell and The Fighter. That\u2019s three, but it\u2019s five if you count Patriot\u2019s Day and Lone Survivor. Any way you look at it, he\u2019s made a lot of them. I guess this is his thing now.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Coming in at number six is Arthur the King<\/strong>, an adventure drama directed by Simon Cellan Jones (The Family Plan) and written by Michael Brandt (Wanted). Wahlberg stars as Michael Light, a professional adventure racer famous for never winning a race. It\u2019s his ego that gets in the way each time. His latest loss, in which he and his team kayaked right into a mud bed, went viral. It follows then that he feels he has something to prove to the world, his family and himself. It\u2019s for this reason Light signs up for one last race, a grueling endurance race across the forests, mountains and rivers of the Dominican Republic. We\u2019re talking 435 miles here, folks!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Due to his infamy, he has a hard time getting a sponsor. The only way one company will even give him half the money he needs is if he convinces one of his old teammates to join his new team. Leo (Liu, Barbie), a social media star who originally posted the video, still has hard feelings about how things turned out the last time. Light promises things will be different this time. Leo agrees to join if for no other reason than to promote his brand. The other members of the team are Chik (Suliman, Lone Survivor), an ex-member of the winning team with a bad knee and Olivia (Emmanuel, the Fast & Furious movies), an expert free climber with a terminally ill father.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The title Arthur the King <\/strong>refers to a canine, a stray dog Light encounters during the race. Their friendship starts with a meatball and grows from there. He follows them as they race to be first to the finish line. At one point, he keeps them from falling off a cliff while trekking through a forest at night. Not long after that, he\u2019s accepted as a member of the team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n I swore I wouldn\u2019t get suckered it by Arthur the King<\/strong>, but I did. I liked it better than I thought I would. Sure, it\u2019s completely formulaic and predictable throughout, but it works, almost all of it. The least effective piece is Light\u2019s personal story. We\u2019ve seen and heard it before. He\u2019s an aging athlete looking for one last shot at glory. He has a happy family life with a loving, supportive wife (Rylance, Perry Mason) and cute little daughter. He doesn\u2019t like working for his father (Guilfoyle, L.A. Confidential), a former military man who rides him for holding onto an impossible dream. He needs to win this race. He is a textbook underdog.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The racing stuff is surprisingly thrilling. The circumstances are less than ideal. Their limited budget doesn\u2019t allow the team much prep time so they have to cut corners in order to be ready to go. It\u2019s an extremely physically demanding race that will push them to their limits and beyond. Take the first event, a 24-mile run through the jungle, most of it uncharted terrain. It doesn\u2019t get easier from there. It\u2019s all good stuff, but the most exciting part is the zip line sequence. Light and another team member must work their way around a frayed section while dangling precariously high off the ground. That\u2019s when my fear of heights kicked in. I haven\u2019t gripped my armrests so tightly since The Walk in 3D. I still get vertigo thinking about it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I loved the part dealing with Light and Arthur. What can I say? I\u2019m a dog lover. I always get drawn in by stories about boys\/men and their dogs. Arthur the King<\/strong> is no different. The pooch has serious trust issues with humans due to the abuse he suffered as a street dog in a crowded foreign city filled with folks that don\u2019t value dogs like we Americans do. Light admits that he\u2019s not a \u201cdog person\u201d but we know that will change by movie\u2019s end. And what an ending it is! Arthur the King<\/strong> doesn\u2019t end with the outcome of the race. There\u2019s more. It becomes a story about saving a sick dog by getting him to the US for medical care. It\u2019s so moving. I bought right into it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The performances in Arthur the King<\/strong> are fine I suppose. Wahlberg plays a role he\u2019s played several times before. By now it\u2019s second nature. The characters aren\u2019t very deep, but we know enough about them to care a little. I can\u2019t say there are any real problems with the screenplay or direction. It\u2019s all fine. The movie keeps the audience interested, it moves along at a nice pace and it\u2019s genuine with its emotional content. In short, it\u2019s an effective drama that deserves a fair shake.<\/p>\r\n Arthur the King (2024)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lionsgate\/Drama-Adventure\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 107 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG-13 (some strong language)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Simon Cellan Jones\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Michael Brandt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Kevin Matley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Jacques Jouffret\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: March 15, 2024 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu, Juliet Rylance, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ali Suliman, Bear Grylls, Paul Guilfoyle. 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