David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.
1、什么是爱？就是去哆嗦那两下吗？2、打工的最高境界应该就是勒格里了，能力突出，老板信任，有钱一起分，有女人一起玩，比只会傻傻做事、有问题就逼逼的卡鲁日强多了。3、直男跟自大都是傻逼。4、因为是女性电影，所以对女性的立场有所侧重，包括对家庭的支持，社会、庭审、丈夫对女主的恶意，这种感情最容易打动女性观众，但其实不应该，卡鲁日在那样的环境他也的确做了很多对得起这个家的事。5、就像国王讲的，很多人不明白很多事情的微妙差异（nuance），不懂这个世界的运行规则，非黑即白，二极管自古有之。
从三个视角切入一起性侵事件，手法并不新鲜，真相也少了几分扑朔，但雷导沉稳的叙事，以及对历史题材的掌控，还是让影片不落俗套，尤其最后的决战拍得扣人心弦，女性在这里只能被左右命运，最后像个战利品一样让男人炫耀，rape本身无人在意。
尼采提出视角主义之后，所有的经验的观点都被重新解构了，——每个人都只能看到自己所认为的世界，从此真相变得难以抓摸，那三个不同视角下的吻戏角度真是神来之笔。在三个讲述视角后汇合，最后的决斗堪为高潮，中世纪男性的生育工具与荣誉争夺换来的只是一个女人生死攸关的揪心叹息。然而导演镜头取舍介入告知事件真伪本身使得这个叙述视角又不是罗生门了，第二章的rape和第三章开头就直白告知“the ture”，从而使得这部戏变为直白的女性控诉，大大降低了电影诗意。7.8
雷德利斯科特的三重结构电影，第一层是中世纪决斗，看了开头的百年战争风貌可能会劝退一大批人。第二层是罗生门式三段叙事，两男一女同一故事不同视角三段讲述，三个主演演技炸裂，台词跟表情细微的差别映射三个主人公内心。第三层也就是真正的内核是女权主义，也就是玛格丽特的故事后面的truth意味。虽然是中世纪背景，但是故事里的男权控制（强奸犯最终也认为自己无罪）、夫权压迫（马特达蒙始终只关注自己的尊严）和社会的高压（法庭舆论、婆媳讨论还有塑料姐妹花）到今天也不过时，疯王查理六世说：我不背锅。目前看过最好的女权片，也完爆今年的奥斯卡提名。
是一部优秀的女权电影，但不是一部好看的商业电影
女性追求自身权利的壮举最终变成男性重建个人名望的工具，只得结尾一声叹息
雷导真的从不失手！！！两段full of rape的his-tory讲完，第三段her-story才是鲜为讲述的truth。什么夫妻和睦，什么被强迫时欲拒还迎都是假的，没有话语权的女性一辈子都活在暴力强迫和失声中。最后为了维护自己的尊严还需要依靠丈夫，而这个丈夫却赌上妻子的性命去进行愚蠢的决斗。决斗的场面血腥残暴，看台上女人的性命全不由自己掌控，虽然结果好像老天开眼，但这荒谬的一切也足以警醒众人，就是要像女主角在结尾一样，never married again。
压抑的女性视角电影……不过意外地这么长的多视角叙事电影拍得倒不无聊。
上帝造男造女，真相不重要。马特达蒙发型太丑了。
三个视角，讲了一个法国潘金莲的happy ending的故事。血溅狮子楼，拍的精彩！
最后的决斗戏很写实，也很过瘾
三个主角的视角，两性的矛盾冲突，一首中世纪到当代的女性哀歌，所以，如何才能不让思想固化，获取真正的自由。
朱迪在电影真的太美了！电影整体还是太冗长了，分了三个视角来讲述这个故事，但是并没有特别大的反转，太过重复。每一个视角会有不同的细节，几个细节至关重要，比如把反抗当引诱。
雷老爷子最令人倾佩的是，他明明很懂好莱坞那一套和市场规则，完全可以拍出《火星救援》这类高票房、大众喜欢评论也尚可的片子，但他依旧在拍《最后的决斗》这种票房注定一般，且只能在小范围内受到高度赞赏的作品。他都这个年纪的人了啊，害……虽然这部片有小瑕疵（比如在老司机视角那段里，观众已经知道了他的罪行导致悬念性和剧情张力在最后一小时中有所减弱），但依旧值得五星。
影片本身传达的女性觉醒价值观值得赞许，但是电影罗生门的讲述冗长难入戏，尽管Ridley老爷子为女权的发声令人敬佩，但没必要总选择悲壮的切入点。个人觉得老爷子本人并不真正懂得何为“女性力量”（参照最懂女性的导演阿莫多瓦）
以决斗始，以决斗终。场上的两个男人披挂整齐、杀气腾腾、一本正经的捍卫着所谓荣誉和正义，其实他们只是目光短浅、粗鄙无能、卑劣下流的配角而已，真正的决斗，是女主和封建霸权、世俗偏见的战争。虽然她的丈夫在决斗场上获胜了，但是其实在他自己的决斗中，她没有赢。但是，历史会铭刻。老雷又一部古装片，虽然没有《天国王朝》那般的史诗感，但充满人性关怀，假以时日会成为佳作
——你想我吗？——我很想你。——那我们上床吧。被伯爵玩弄的两个将军。男人养家真命苦。简单粗暴的叙事。
六百多年前女主敢做的事，现代人不一定人人敢为；她婆婆与闺蜜的观念，六百多年后仍随处可见。女性觉醒、男女平等，任重道远。
（豆瓣真空期补标9月末-12月）3.5 并非“罗生门”，而是一部直观的女性电影。
老雷居然拍了大量的文戏，还是一个性侵的题材，当然也无需惊讶，毕竟他在早年还拍过末路狂花啊。段落结构上，是罗生门式的，有港片叹息桥的感觉，不同角色陈述同一件事情，内容发生微妙变化，前两段男人之间的戏也显示了不同的内容，有点像职场戏，却使关注点出现了些许失焦，核心表达点还是要以女性的视角作为基准去看。另一点，吊诡的是，最终事件的解决，是通过一场决斗，以男性+暴力+强权 式的决定方式，胜者全胜，得到认同，获得颂扬。这样来看，中世纪及至700余年后的当今，世界的运作，还是强者掌握话语权，似乎从来没有存在过正义、公理，或者公理也只是强者认定的公理。演员都很强，气场到位，年度十佳！
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