“The Last Duel” (** out of four) was a sodden medieval melodrama set in 1386 based on the true story of a woman (Jodie Comer) who claims to have been raped by the squire (Adam Driver) of her husband (Matt Damon) who challenges him to a trial by combat and a vicious duel-to-the-death which was the last sanctioned in France’s history. Director Ridley Scott utilizes his typical lavish visual flourishes and costumes but he has covered this territory before far more successfully in “Gladiator” and “Legend”. Story takes an awfully long time to get going and get where it’s going but the last duel, itself, is sensational. Damon and Ben Affleck (who is unrecognizable as King Pierre d’Alencon) both co-wrote the script but this is no match at all for their last joint effort “Good Will Hunting.”