Outlaw King (2018)

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  JackthePGL

  8 / 10

  I'm a huge fan of the medieval stuff such as looking at the beautiful view of atmosphere of Scotland, Wales, any place that could bring my attention. Such as Outlaw King brought my attention whether or not this is going to be good and to my surprise I enjoyed it. So from what I know whilst I'm watching this I was thinking this is similar to Braveheart considering the fact that William Wallace's name was mentioned and it's based on actual events. Yeah, this'll really interest you. Since the opening long shot is shot nine minutes Robert the Bruce played by Chris Pine spars with Edward's heir, the Prince of Wales, and is wed to his goddaughter, Elizabeth de Burgh. Lord James Douglas played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson arrives and asking for the restoration of his ancestral lands but is denied, due to previous Lord Douglas' treason. Robert marries Elizabeth, but he respectfully delays the consummation. His father played by James Cosmo passed away, the riot begins when William Wallace is being quartered. He tries to persuade John Comyn to join him win back their country. He refuses and threatens to inform Edward, Bruce kills him. The Scottish clergy decides to offer him a pardon if he supports the Catholic Church in Scotland and he accepts the Crown of Scotland deal. King Edward hears about it, declaring him an outlaw and he is out to kill him. Now considering that it maybe inaccurate to it's historical material I still find it to be an enjoyable flick with its production design sets and performances from everyone involved. I like the battle scenes even though their clichéd making them so similar to Braveheart. Chris Pine did a good performance as a Scottish king and I know he's American and all but he did a really good impression of a Scottish king of Robert the Bruce. As much as I love medieval films like The Sword in the Stone, Excalibur and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this one is no harm checking out, some may say it's a poor man's Braveheart. Whilst I'm thought about this someone recommended me to watch the Netflix show, The Last Kingdom. So yeah, I'll get around in doing so in the near future.

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