Robin Hood Review: 2 Ups & 7 Downs

1. The Practical Action Has Its Moments

Robin Hood Taron Egerton
Summit Entertainment

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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