Robin Hood Review: 2 Ups & 7 Downs

By Jack Pooley / November 21, 2018

1. The Practical Action Has Its Moments

Yes, the vast majority of the movie's action is visually incoherent digital nonsense, but when Bathurst actually slows things down a tad and focuses on Robin just firing arrows? It's not bad.

These brief asides provide some fleeting respite from the CGI-fuelled monotony, and as boring as Egerton's performance generally is, it's at least clear he put in adequate time training with a bow and arrow.

Watching him relentlessly fire off arrows at a fleet of incoming goons almost dares to be exciting, and it's as technically accomplished as the movie ever manages to get.

Again, this suggests a more stripped-down approach to Robin's heroism probably would've served the film much better.

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