Knightfall season 1

Knightfall is a historical fiction drama television series created by Don Handfield and Richard Rayner for the History channel. The show ran for two seasons from 2017 to 2019. Season one at ten episodes and season two had eight. Executive produced by Jeremy Renner. The series was conceived by Renner's production partner Don Handfield and Richard Rayner. Filmed in the Czech Republic and Croatia.

Tom Cullen plays Landry de Lauzon a senior brother, Master and Commander of the Paris Temple. Ed Stoppard as King Philip, Sabrina Bartlett (main season 1) and Genevieve Gaunt (recurring season 2) as Princess Isabella, Olivia Ross as Queen Joan, Julian Ovenden as William de Nogaret, King Philip's scheming counsellor, Jim Carter as Pope Boniface VIII, Pádraic Delaney as Gawain, the greatest swordsman of the Templar Order and Simon Merrells as Tancrède de Hauteville, a veteran Templar. Both Seasons received average reviews by critics and the public alike.

Knightfall recounts the success, fall, persecution, and suppression of the Knights Templar, as orchestrated by King Philip IV of France on October 13, 1307. The series focuses on the fictional Templar leader Landry du Lauzon, a brave warrior discouraged by the Templars' failures in the Holy Land who is reinvigorated by news that the Holy Grail has resurfaced. The series is not historical in the slightest but does have lots of historical facts and events mixed in sometimes well, other times badly. So not one to watch if you want to learn more about the Templars however it is sometimes interesting to see that they did include a few good bits about the history, actions and life of the Templars. The truth is two of the main characters Landry and the Queen are not likable at all I mean I couldn’t stand them and as so much revolves around them it makes it hard to watch. Also the motives of quite a few characters are bazar to say the least. Making it clunky to watch. The acting is quite hit and miss but the soundtrack is on point and the shooting for the most part is fine, the pacing is off quite often and the writing is too. There are also some strange ideas in the show concerning Catholics and the templars history. There are a few very good scenes mostly action scenes, however overall, its probably a season that you can fast-forward threw to get to the slightly improved second season.

Season 2 Review coming soon