Robin Hood - Prince Of Thieves (DVD)

Advantages: Good soundtrack
Disadvantages: weak plot, bad accents

Back in the 12th century, Robin of Locksley is imprisoned in a torturous jail some where in Jerusalem. In a brave escape, he flees the prison, taking with him Azeem Edin Bashir Al Bakir, who becomes indebted to him for saving his life. Unknowingly to Robin, that back in England, his father is suffering at the hands of the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. After several months, Robin and Azeem make it to England where he plans to reunite with his father ...
...supposedly haunted Sherwood Forest. Robin soon uncovers the truth about the forest as he discovers its inhabitants, which includes Will Scarlett and John Little. After winning a fight using quarterstaffs, he gains the respect of the inhabitants and starts to form into a gang with the ability to challenge the Sheriff. After a brief run in with the Sheriff, which leaves the evil tyrant scarred. He finds himself being blamed for all the misery of the ... Read review

Advantages: Great stuff
Disadvantages: A few errors, but nothing major

Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is the 1991 take on the legend of Robin Hood, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. This film was hailed as one of the biggest films of the 1990s, especially by women (!) and features an all star cast and a soundtrack including Bryan Adams' 'Everything I do' which spent about a million weeks at number 1 in the charts. Director Kevin Reynolds gives us a rollicking feature length display of sword fighting, comedy, ...
...a damn good film. Robin of Locksley (Kevin Costner) has been away fighting in the Crusades. Escaping with a Moor named Azeem (Morgan Freeman) he heads back to his native England after many years to see his father and live out the rest of his life in peace. Not so much luck! In the King's absence, his evil brother John has taken the throne and rules with a selfish and hard code, and the Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) seems to be calling the ... Read review

Advantages: A good old yarn
Disadvantages: The same old yarn

...of mouth and become legend. Robin Hood is one such story, now whether there really was a real Robin Hood is besides the point the morals of the story are solid. Good against Evil has and probably always will be the core of a really good adventure movie. Although as I said the moral of the Robin hood story are pretty solid there is of course the fact that he was comitting crimes albeit for the good, so there may be a bit of a dilema there. In this ...
...best movies of all time, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is still after all a very good family film. Robin returns from abroad with a Moorish gentleman Azeem ( Morgan Freeman )in tow. He owes Robin a favour for Robin having saved him so he hangs about the rest of the film helping out until his big moment comes. Robin arrives to an England in turmoil with the absence of King Richard. Richard's brother Prince John plans to take the throne in Richards ... Read review

Advantages: An all-time classic, that makes you feel all good inside
Disadvantages: Er where are the extras?

...plays the lead role of Robin of Locksley, an escaped prisoner from a foreign land with fellow escaped prisoner Azeem (Morgan Freeman). They both travel back to England to find that the Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) is running an autcratic rule, and also plans to marry Marion (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) whom Robin eventually falls in love with himself and will stop at nothing to get his girl. Upon return to Sherwood Forest, Robin meets a ...
...burned to the ground and Robin Hood slain. The result is tht many villagers are captured and taken to Nottingham Castle dungeon. This leads to the final assault on the Castle, to rescue the captors as well as Marion from the evil clutches of the Sheriff. The direction of this film is competent and Kevin Reynolds does a good job in portraying a much-loved classic tale, and does so with violence that is never gory or displeasing and humour which is ... Read review

Advantages: Plenty of action, Solid performance
Disadvantages: The mid atlantic twang grates a bit

...the story of the legendary Robin Hood but with a few novel twists. THere are some good supporting performances from Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman and MAry Mastrantonio is a highly desireable Maid Marion. The perfomances are sound enough to forgive that Mid-Atlantic twang (which does grate occasionally)and the pace and action come thick and fast. The forest fight scene is dramatic and convincing and of course the finale is great especially ... Read review

Advantages: A Great Film
Disadvantages: What Disadvantages?

...Well this film has to be one of the best around. I apsolutely love this film and this new special edition really adds to the experience. Crammed full of special features I can watch this film over and over again. --- Brief Synopsis --- The story follows the traditional story of robin hood, which if you haven't heard it (where have you been if you haven't?) is as follows. Son of a rich nobleman (Robin of Locksley) returns from the third crusade where he has been fighting with Richard the Lion Heart. On his return he discovers that the evil brother prince John (later king john) aided by the sheriff of Nottingham has userpt the throne, he has also excommunicated Robin's father. Finding no friends in enlands nobility he is force to flee into Sherwood forest where he meets and joins a band of outlaws. He then wages a guerrilla war... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Action packed from the beginning to the end
Disadvantages: None

...The sountrack to this movie just says it all, this movie is to die for, I have watched it over a thousand times and never get bored, I had to buy this special edition because I wanted to watch every scene, it has a lot of deleted scenes with gives you a better insight into the movie especially, the characters. Robin Hood played by Kevin Costner, returns home to England, to find out that the Sheriff of Nottingham, played by Alan Rickman, has turned his home into an inhabitable land where the rich rule and trample on the poor. Robin returns in time to save the day with his band of outlaws as his merry men and his right hand. He also has to rescue his love Lady Marian from the evil grips of the Sheriff. Alan Rickam steals the show as we are supposed to hate him but can't help but love him, also his acting as a loony is perfect to... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Good price for two engaging films
Disadvantages: Robin Hood Prince of Thieves!

...Prince of Thieves takes the chestnut stuffing. Don't expect too much in the way of DVD extras either, we are talking bargain basement! The Last of the Mohicans is, of course, based on the novel by James Fennimore Cooper and takes place during the 18th century struggle between the English and the French for control of the North American colonies. Daniel Day Lewis plays the main protagonist and does a lot of running around in forests without his shirt on. It is basically a love story (Madeleine Stowe) with as much adventure and battle action as you would expect. It is a more than adept interpretation of the book and is well worth the blockbuster tag. DVD extras include the usual cinema trailer plus a music only version of the film with subtitles. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Do I really need to say anything about the film? We've all seen... Read review

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