Macbeth (2017)

Macbeth is a 2017 war drama British-French-American movie based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name.

Plot
During a war between Scotland and the allied forces of Norway and Ireland, a wounded soldier is operated on by three combat medics, which turn out to be the three witches, who kill him and take his heart, deciding that their next meeting shall be Macbeth. A wounded sergeant then reports to Duncan, the King of Scotland, that his Generals, Macbeth and Banquo, have just defeated the allied forces of Norway and Ireland, who were led by the traitorous Macdonwald. Macbeth, the King's kinsman, is praised for his bravery and fighting prowess.

Macbeth and Banquo then discuss the weather and their victory and as they wander onto a heath, the three witches enter and greet them with prophecies. Macbeth appears to be stunned to silence as they tell him that he will become king and that Banquo will be less successful than Macbeth but happier. He will father a line of kings though he himself will not be one. While the two men wonder at these pronouncements, the witches vanish, and another general, Ross, arrives and informs Macbeth of his promotion in Duncan's inner circle.

Duncan welcomes and praises Macbeth and Banquo, and declares that he will spend the night at their military base, he also names his son, Malcolm, as his heir. Macbeth sends a message ahead to his wife, Lady Macbeth, commander of the base, telling her about the prophecies. Lady Macbeth suffers none of her husband's uncertainty and wishes him to murder Duncan in order to obtain kingship. When Macbeth returns to the base, she overrides all of her husband's objections by challenging his manhood and successfully convinces him to kill Duncan that very night. He and Lady Macbeth plan to get Duncan's two guards drunk so that they will black out; the next morning they will blame the guards for the murder.

While Duncan is asleep, Macbeth shoots him with a silenced pistol, despite his doubts and number of supernatural portents, including hallucinations. He is also shaken that Lady Macbeth has to take charge and in accordance with her plan, she frames Duncan's sleeping servants for the murder by placing silenced pistols with them and blood stains on them. Early in the next morning, Lennox, a Scottish government official, and Macduff, a loyal general, arrive. A soldier opens the gate and Macbeth leads them to the king's chamber, where Macduff discovers Duncan's corpse. Macbeth murders the guards to prevent them from professing their innocence, but claims that he did so in a fit of rage over their misdeeds. Duncan's sons Malcolm and Donalbain flee to England and Ireland, respectively, fearing that whoever killed Duncan desires their demise as well. The rightful heirs' makes them suspects and Macbeth assumes the throne as the new King of Scotland as a kinsman of the dead king. While sceptical of the new king Macbeth, Banquo remembers the witches' prophecy about how his own descendents would inherit the throne; this makes him suspicious of Macbeth.

Despite his success, Macbeth, also aware of this part of the prophecy, remains uneasy. Macbeth invites Banquo to a royal banquet, where he discovers that Banquo and his young son, Fleance, will be riding out that night. Fearing Banquo's suspicions, Macbeth arranges to have him murdered, by hiring two men to kill him, later sending a third murderer. The assassins succeed in killing Banquo, but Fleance escapes. Macbeth becomes furious: he fears that his power remains insecure as long as an heir of Banquo remains alive.

Characters

 * Macbeth: The titular main protagonist turned primary antagonist.
 * Lady Macbeth:
 * Banquo:
 * Fleance:
 * Duncan:
 * Malcolm:
 * Donalbain:
 * Macduff:
 * Lady Macduff:
 * Siward:
 * Young Siward:
 * Macdonwald:
 * Seyton:
 * Hecate:
 * Three Witches:
 * Ross:
 * Lennox:
 * Angus:
 * Menteith:
 * Caithness: