Ridley Scott’s 153-Minute Historical Thriller Officially Removed From Streaming

Ridley Scott is coming off a major setback in the form of The Dog Stars, his first sci-fi movie in nearly a decade. The film underperformed at the box office, grossing around $40 million worldwide against a reported budget of around $100 million. As big a flop as it was, The Dog Stars isn’t the biggest bomb that Scott has directed this decade. That unenviable honor goes to a period epic released five years ago with a budget similar to several of the filmmaker’s recent movies. The period epic is currently streaming for free in the United States, but not for much longer.

Not only was it marketed as Scott’s return to Gladiator-style filmmaking, but it also marked an on-screen reunion of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. More interestingly, the two also worked on the script, making this their first new project as writers since 1997’s Good Will Hunting, for which they won an Oscar. This time around, they collaborated on the script with filmmaker Nicole Holofcener and crafted a movie that owes its structure to the Akira Kurosawa classic Rashomon.

The movie features Damon as one of the three leads, along with Jodie Comer and Adam Driver. Affleck, on the other hand, plays a villainous supporting role. The movie is based on the true story of the last recorded duel in history, which was fought over a woman’s honor. The film presents the same incident from three different perspectives, asking the audience to arrive at their own judgments.

Here’s How Long You Have Left to Watch the Period Epic for Free

We’re talking, of course, about The Last Duel. Produced on a reported budget of $100 million, the film grossed $30 million at the worldwide box office. Ironically, it happens to be the best-reviewed film that Scott has made since The Martian. The movie holds a “Certified Fresh” 85% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “The Last Duel‘s critique of systemic misogyny isn’t as effective as it might have been, but it remains a well-acted and thought-provoking drama infused with epic grandeur.”

The Last Duel will remain available on Tubi until December 1. Meanwhile, Damon and Affleck recently collaborated as producers on the political thriller Animals, which Affleck also directed and starred in. Like The Last Duel, the movie effectively serves as a reimagining of a Kurosawa classic. In this case, Affleck adapted the Japanese filmmaker’s High and Low, which was remade by Spike Lee only last year. You can watch both The Last Duel and Animals at home, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.