Robin Hood

This tale of Robin Hood is told from the Crusaders version of Richard the Lionheart and his dubby brother named John. Robin is at the fore-front of midevil warfare with King Richard battling the french and doing the normal war-mongering duty when Richard is unfortunately wounded and killed in battle. With this Robin (who is also a fantastic archer) must take his crown back to England for the new king to be crowned. Of course not everything goes as planned and things aren't as plain and sailing as expected. Meanwhile Robin decides to take up a quest where he has to return a sword to royalties in Nottingham as he feels he is indebted to a dead knight. And so the legend begins..

Father to a murdered son, Husband to a..


Aye my horse is bigger than yours..

Gripping? Astonishment? Thrills? Screams? These are just a few emotions that I didn't experience while watching this movie. Ridley Scott goes for the same tried and tested formula of Russell Crowe screaming something inspiring hoping it draws attention away from a poorly disjointed movie filled with cheesey one liners and occasional slap-stick humour. On one hand it tries to recreate the brilliance of Gladiator but falls way short of that target and probably being something slightly better than Clash of the Titans. You wait and wait for a hours for people to stop talking and start fighting but it rarely happens and just when you can get comfortable enough to fall asleep, WHAM! it hits you like a new George Micheal song straight in the face.

The Moneyshot

Of course it can't be all that bad right? Well I suppose if you just wanted a movie to entertain you and won't be too bothered with storyline and all then maybe you might find this movie slightly interesting. That is until you realise the talking continues for another 2 hours! Robin Hood is a long winded movie and if anyone wanted to really watch it, it would be because of the brand name and nothing else. Desperately poor on what could have been a good blockbuster movie for this summer.

Ratings - 2.5/5