Robin Hood (2018) is an action adventure movie representing the iconic Robin Hood theme of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. With modern graphics and video editing tools, this has been the best Robin Movie ever made! ~Not to be confused with my past Robin post in which Robin was Batman’s sidekick~
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For those of you who have not seen the movie, here is the recap. Robin of Loxley (a nobleman) is drafted into the Sheriff’s army. He served four years as a standard archer and returned home. Once he returned home, he found that the corrupt Sheriff had declared him dead and sold his estate along with his belongings. He even discovered his wife was with another man. He tells no one he is alive and meets someone that he had saved from the war. He saw the issues with the corrupt Sheriff and wanted revenge. With his friend from the army, he went under an intense training regiment to be come an expert archer (one of my favorite parts). Once, he was ready, he announced his return as Robin of Loxley. He told the Sheriff that he forgave him and he told his wife the same. He did indeed forgive his wife, but not the Sheriff. He still wanted revenge. His plan was to get close with the Sheriff so that he would have his favor and then he planned to take the money as a vigilante during the night. His rebellion group was on the rise started to give the stolen money to the poor, as he knew that would anger the Sheriff. The movie proceeds with Robin continuing this until the Sheriff made a mistake, and he capitalized. It results in a happy ending and he gets his wife back.
Unfortunately, its trailers only portrayed the simple robin hood tale, so the public did not go to theaters to see it. Yes it was a modern take on the robin hood tale that people are not used to, but people were unsure of it. The movie also had high profile actors such as Jamie Foxx racking up a price tag of $100 million. Because of its lack of interest the movie only grossed about $87 million which is a big loss.
This means that the movie will never have a sequel, but what if it did? There has no been a notable robin hood sequel and I think that would sell well. The movie would take a robin hood tale and expand it further. Maybe they could tell the tale of robin hood after robin’s power move. The sequel could also follow robin on his mission to liberate other corrupt villages and area. There are many routes the sequel could go in and I think there is an open market for it.
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In my opinion, if the first movie lost money, there is no way they will make a sequel. Personally, I think the story of Robin Hood has been retold too many times in too many variations to get anything new out of it. They tried to make it modern, and that did not work. Fans like Robin Hood to stay as his medieval self but do not want to pay to see another same-old-same-old Robin Hood movie.
Even though I love action movies, I have never watched this one. In fact, I have never watched any variation of Robin Hood, but maybe I will after reading about this one. Nice post.
Okay, I have a question: Is this like an actually modern retelling with like modern weaponry and this guy just chose to become an archer, or is it taking place in the middle ages but everyone is wearing nice clothes and not dying of cholera? Cause I love action movies, but I think I’m a little confused about the setting here. And I would love to be a continuation of the robin hood story. Maybe not of this movie, but I think the idea of a like “post-coup” story would be interesting.
The setting is in the middle ages but some of the clothing looks more like what modern super heroes would wear. Also there are no firearms or anything like that but there are crossbows which does not fit the middle ages I don’t think.