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The Last Kingdom

Name: The Last Kingdom
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama
Cast: Alexander Dreymon, Emily Cox, Ian Hart, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Eliza Butterworth

Taste attributes: action & adventuredramaactionhistoricalslowtried & testedheavylinearglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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"England is born"

Boxlist takeA heavy action-adventure series, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

8.2/10

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Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it

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Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.

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