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
Russell Crowe
Robin Longstride
Cate Blanchett
Marion Loxley
Max von Sydow
Sir Walter Loxley
William Hurt
William Marshal
Mark Strong
Godfrey
Oscar Isaac
Prince John
Danny Huston
King Richard the Lionheart
Eileen Atkins
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Mark Addy
Friar Tuck
Matthew Macfadyen
Sheriff of Nottingham
Kevin Durand
Little John
Scott Grimes
Will Scarlet
Alan Doyle
Allan A'Dayle
Douglas Hodge
Sir Robert Loxley
Léa Seydoux
Isabella of Angoulême
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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