Those 1995 Scotch-set sagas were rougher and wilder-looking, more focused on revenge and warfare. “First Knight” doesn’t stint on action, but it has more of an objet d’art veneer ...

When the time came to play Sir Lancelot in “First Knight,” it took a while for Richard Gere to get into gear. That was because of the middle ages — as in spread, not the medieval era.

The title “First Knight” has a very interesting sound; the play-on-words suggests multiple meanings. Not just in the latter word’s references to both dignified heroism and nocturnal ...

Jerry Zucker’s “First Knight” (1995, Columbia TriStar, PG-13, $95.95) is the story of Camelot from Lancelot’s point of view. But despite that novel spin, the latest Round Table roundelay ...