The King [2019]
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The movie is about Young Henry V encounters deceit, war, and treachery after becoming King of England in the 15th century, in the aftermath of his brother's death.
It begins when the Prince of Wales, Hal, is the emotionally distant eldest son of King Henry IV of England.
He is uninterested in succeeding his father and spends his days drinking, whoring, and jesting with his companion Falstaff in East cheap.
Henry IV summons his son (Hal)and informs him that his younger brother Thomas will inherit the throne.
Thomas is sent to subdue Hot spur's Rebellion, but is upstaged by the arrival of Hal, who challenges Hot spur to single combat.
Although Hal kills Hot spur, ending the battle without further conflict, Thomas complains that he has stolen his glory. Shortly thereafter, Thomas is killed in battle after taking his campaign to Wales.
Henry IV dies in his bed with Hal present, and Hal is anointed King Henry V. Hal opts for peace and conciliation with his father's many adversaries, despite his actions being considered weakness.
At his coronation feast, the Dauphin of France sends Hal a ball as an insulting coronation gift. However, Hal chooses to frame this as a positive reflection of his boyhood.
Meanwhile, His little sister Philippa, now the Queen of Denmark, cautions that nobles in any royal court have their interests in mind and will never fully reveal their true intentions.
Hal interrogates a captured assassin who claims to have been sent by king Charles Vl of France to assassinate him.
The English nobles Cambridge and Grey are approached by French agents, hoping to induce them to the French cause. Their trust in the new young king wavers, and they then approach Hal's Chief Justice with their concerns.
Gascoigne advises Hal that a show of strength is necessary to unite England, so he declares war on France and has Cambridge and Grey beheaded.
He approaches Falstaff and appoints him as his chief military strategist, saying that Falstaff is the only man he truly trusts.
Furthermore, The English army sets sail for France. After completing the Siege of Harfleur, they continue on the campaign but are taunted by the Dauphin.
The English advance parties stumble upon a vast French army gathering to face them. Dorset advises Hal to retreat, but Falstaff proposes a false advance to lure the French to rush forward into the muddy battlefield, where they will be weighed down by their heavy armor and horses.
They will then be attacked by the English longbowmen and surrounded by a large, lightly armored flanking force hidden in the nearby woods.
Falstaff insists on leading the dangerous false advance as it was his plan, prompting Hal to challenge the Dauphin to single combat to decide the battle and minimize bloodshed; however, the Dauphin refuses.
The battle of Agincourt commences. Falstaff's plan works, the bulk of the French army charges to engage Falstaff's force and is soon mired in the mud.
Hal leads the flanking attack, and the outnumbered but far more mobile English army overpowers the immobilized French, though Falstaff is killed.
The Dauphin, still fresh and in heavy armor, reinvokes Hal's challenge but repeatedly slips and falls in the mud until he permits his soldiers to kill him.
Hal orders all French prisoners executed for fear that they might regroup, an order that Falstaff had refused to carry out following the Siege of Harfleur.
Find out what happened on Netflix as Hal orders the execution of all the French prisoners as the movie gets more interesting.
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