This is a state-of-the-art retelling of a classic.
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has uncovered groundbreaking history.īut fair damsels and noble sirs, you must free yourselves of these wearisome observations. Notwithstanding Costner's post-Sherwood Forest accent, chances are Robin of Locksley didn't use words like "scum." Perhaps 12th-century Englishmen did utter "tosspots" and "bollocks." But if the Sheriff of Nottingham consulted regularly with a haglike witch called Mortianna, or if Hood had a Moorish buddy called Azeem, then Warner Bros. To say "Hood" makes creative departures is an understatement. What's next, Roger Moore playing Davy Crockett? What's the Kevster doing in Merrie Olde England? This is a guy who played a minor-league catcher, built a mythical baseball diamond and whooped it up with Indians. Along the way he falls in love with Maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). To this end he enlists a band of Merrie Men, including Little John (Nick Brimble), Friar Tuck (Micheal McShane) and Will Scarlet (Christian Slater). His noble quest, of course, is to rob the rich, thoroughly annoy the Sheriff of Nottingham and carry England's torch while Richard the Lionheart's out of town. As those superlative-happy reviewers might put it, it's a quiverful of high adventure!įiring the arrows, as you probably know, is Kevin Costner. Also like "Batman," it has an over-the-top villain, a father-fixation and a climactic finale in a high tower. Like "Batman," it's an epic cartoon with humans. It fills the entertainment megabill utterly. It has the stars, it's based on a classic (and foolproof) story and it's an exhilarating couple of hours. It's hard to forecast these things, but "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" looks like big money. ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ (PG-13) By Desson Howe
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