Robin Hood 2018 Directed by David Bathurst 116 min. 5 / 10
Forget all about the story as you know it. This is not so much an update or retelling as a complete fantasy. The characters are very loosely based on the same, but the flimsy plot which now mimics elements of the tale of Zorro, is simply window dressing for plenty of set action pieces. The opening also takes a modern ME warfare sensibility and transplants it holus bolus into the crusades, and this also carries over to the soldierâs uniforms, and the style of fighting. So if you okay with that sort of thing, you wonât mind the rest of what follows. So long as you check any and all previous considerations of the legend this is based on, you can just sit back enjoy the impressive action, which had my wife really jumping around in her seat.
So in place of recreating original period costumes we get modern casual dress styles for Robin Hood/Loxley (Taron Egerton) and the Sherriff of Nottingham (Ben Mendelsohn), what wouldnât look out of place on a runway in Paris. The fighting styles also follow the same sensibility. While the soldiers of the Sherriff are in masks that recall the Invincibles from 300. Come to think of it, this entire film has more than a bit of the look and feel of a comic book, or graphic novel for those who donât like the first term. Even Nottingham is made to look more like something out of Middle Earth, rather than the Midlands. Mendlesohn is the only one of the cast who comes out with his reputation even remotely intact, while Jamie Foxx is all huff and puff. Unfortunately the whole thing is set up for a sequel, l hope they donât follow up.
A mate of mine got on the turps once just as he thought he was coming down off gastro. He had an accident so bad and graphic he got the title as a nickname. Havenât been able to see it any other way as a comedy since