When Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe announced that they were going to make a new Robin Hood movie I was excited. The last time that the dynamic duo came together they produced the epic Gladiator movie, so naturally when news of this movie came to light I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck rising.
Just in case you don’t know the story of Robin Hood I will fill you in, Robin Hood is a story about a menacing archer who fights for the rights of the poor villagers against the evil and greedy king of England, however this story of Robin Hood is a little different and is more about Robin fighting against the French rather than the English.
This origin movie however is a little slow, and fans of Gladiator might at times think that they were watching a movie from a different director. Sure the texture of a Ridley Scott movie is here and so is the acting talent and clever dialogue however from a Robin Hood movie you would expect a fast paced action packed beast of a movie instead we are given a slow paced turtle.
Having said all of the above you would expect me to give this movie a bad rating, but it’s really not that bad in fact if you are patient enough this movie is worth taking a look at, maybe not in the cinema though. The reason for this is that the finale fight scene in this movie that everything builds up to is a real let down.
Overall this movie gets 3 out of 5 stars from me.
