Ridley Scott's Robin Hood actor is decidedly earthier and more adult than most raging in Sherwood Forest. The presence of the over-40 Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett harness the business, loans with a dose of worldliness, a project that can about the origins of the famous character who was obviously in this incarnation will be a late bloomer. Robin Longstride (that bore his name before he started a hood) just returned from a 10-year trip back in the Crusades, when he loses his king (Danny Huston as Richard the Lionheart) and his job. Back in England, Robin folds neatly into a family of Nottingham, where a grieving widow named Marion (Blanchett) and her father-in-law take care of (Max von Sydow) is hardly that he did not much like their own deceased warrior. But the funny men and their famous sideline will have to wait with the exception of a somewhat rob from the rich (ie, give the greedy government of King John) and the poor, this film is more with creating a portrait of the royal intrigue involved, in the creation of Robin Hood than in detailing the exuberance of Nottingham outlaws went. And that's not a bad thing, for though Robin Hood lack the mechanical action beats, differ most films of its size, it creates outlines a compelling story about his political chess game (by screenwriter Brian Helgeland and apparently a few others). Crowe is in reliable crusty-tender form and Blanchett charge more than her sketchy character probably deserves, but the film has a large cast of tough, fun Starring: Mark Strong (Kick-Ass) is mandatory as the villain the treacherous friend of John King (brushing Oscar Isaac), William Hurt as a brave and wise king's power brokers, Eileen Atkins is a deliberate royal mother, and Matthew Macfadyen is a Sheriff of Nottingham, is no longer the center of infamy - if not less for his inability hissable (and a likely candidate to end the film for the No. 1 villain in the sequel). In short, not a gladiator re-do for Scott and Crowe, but a civilized history of tyrants and rebels, staged in a pleasantly old-fashioned way.- Actors: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett
- Directors: Ridley Scott
- Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
- Number of discs: 2
- Rated: Unrated
- Studio: Universal Pictures
- DVD Release Date: September 21, 2010
- Run Time: 140 minutes
Disc 2
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