

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
Cinematography
Those arrow-slo-mo shots that launched a thousand video games
Acting
Cate Blanchett doing more with Marion than the script gave her
Production
Ridley Scott's obsessive 12th-century beach landing recreation

Director
Ridley Scott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Russell Crowe allegedly fought with Ridley Scott over Robin's accent, cycling through Irish, Yorkshire, and 'vaguely Northern' before settling on whatever that was.
This film killed the 'gritty medieval origin story' trend that started with Batman Begins—by 2018 we got the cartoon fox version we deserved in Sherwood.
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