Film Review – The Death of Robin Hood

The tale of Robin Hood has been told time and again, routinely bewitching storytellers with its clash of good vs. evil, romantic ways, and elements of class warfare. Think swashbuckling with a 1938 adaptation, or animated with a Disney picture from 1973. There was a blockbuster take in 1991, and, most recently, an attempt at modernization in 2018 with a film few will admit to seeing. Robin Hood has been done to death, and that’s precisely the entry writer/director Michael Sarnoski needs to give his take on the legend a unique dramatic fingerprint. “The Death of Robin Hood” isn’t about men in tights or a study of injustice. It’s a mostly hyperviolent understanding of barbarity and a calcification of a man’s soul. Sarnoski (who did well with 2021’s “Pig” and 2024’s “A Quiet Place: Day One”) aims for cinematic textures with the undertaking, and while his instinct for pacing is way off, his aim is true when it comes to creating a gritty, vicious understanding of the famous outlaw’s moral ruination. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com