![]() The film ticks all the boxes from action to romance, but cannot avoid a sense of paint by numbers, an assembly of elements lacking a soul. Robin organizes the group, which includes Little John (Nick Brimble), Will Scarlet (Christian Slater) and eventually Friar Tuck (Mike McShane), into a band of thieves, and they start to gather wealth by hijacking gold shipments while Robin plots a course to stop the Sheriff and avenge his father.ĭirected by Kevin Reynolds, Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves is an amiable enough romp through the legend. The Sheriff identifies Robin as a threat to his plans, prompting Robin and Azeem to escape into Sherwood Forest where they join forces with a band of farmers and misfits hiding from the Sheriff's brutality and high taxes. Robin connects with his childhood friend Marian Dubois (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), a cousin of the King, but she is playing a cagey game of staying on good terms with the Sheriff to protect her estate. ![]() Robin and Azeem arrive in England to find the Locksley estate destroyed. Robin's father Lord Locksley (Brian Blessed) refuses to join the Sheriff and is killed. As Robin sails back to England, the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) assisted by his cousin Guy of Gisborne (Michael Wincott) and the evil witch Mortianna (Geraldine McEwan) takes advantage of the vacuum created by the King's absence to make a grab for power. He makes his escape along with a Moor named Azeem (Morgan Freeman). Things are not going well and Robin is imprisoned in Jerusalem. ![]() Robin Of Locksley (Costner) is part of King Richard The Lionheart's latest Crusade.
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