{"id":2464349,"date":"2026-06-17T20:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2464349"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:08:43","slug":"the-death-of-robin-hood-review-miserable-trudge-with-hugh-jackman-turns-hero-into-a-cold-blooded-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-death-of-robin-hood-review-miserable-trudge-with-hugh-jackman-turns-hero-into-a-cold-blooded-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Death of Robin Hood&#8217; review: Miserable trudge with Hugh Jackman turns hero into a cold-blooded killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F06%2Fnewspress-collage-4fuesfe1t-1781722021592.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261781707715\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--review alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n\t\t<span class=\"inline-module--review__eyebrow subsection-heading-semi__label\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tmovie review\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"inline-module--review__title subsection-heading-semi\">\n\t\t\tTHE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rating\">\n<div class=\"rating__stars\">\n<div class=\"rating__star rating__star--filled\"><?php \/**\n * Review star.\n * \n * @package nyp-editor\n *\/\n\n??><\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n\t.review-block-star {\n\t\t--review-block-star--empty-color: #585858;\n\t\t--review-block-star--fill-color: #000;\n\t}\n]]><\/style>\n<p><svg class=\"icon-star review-block-star\" stroke=\"var(--review-block-star--fill-color)\" fill=\"var(--review-block-star--empty-color)\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" height=\"13px\" width=\"13px\">\n\t<defs>\n\t\t<lineargradient id=\"half-gradient\">\n\t\t\t<stop stop-opacity=\"1\" offset=\"50%\" stop-color=\"var(--review-block-star--fill-color)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<stop stop-opacity=\"1\" offset=\"0%\" 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Rated R (strong bloody violence). In theaters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Was it when Robin Hood shot an arrow through a boy\u2019s eye socket or when Little John ripped off another man\u2019s jaw?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it was the part when Robin slit a young woman\u2019s throat and held her to the ground as she bled out.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But very quickly during the nauseatingly violent first couple scenes of the interminable \u201cThe Death of Robin Hood\u201d did my mind and stomach completely reject all of director Michael Sarnoski\u2019s high-on-its-own-supply film, even with more than 90 mostly insufferable minutes left to go.<\/p>\n<p>The savagery recedes, sure, however the movie only goes from sick to sooty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boy, does this tiresome medieval drudgery think it\u2019s clever.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--columnist inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading subsection-heading subsection-heading--single-line \">\n\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subsection-heading__sub\">Johnny Oleksinski<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>You see, Sarnoski, who also wrote the screenplay, has flipped the folkloric character, played by Hugh Jackman, on his feathered cap by turning him from a benevolent outlaw into a cold-blooded killer. From swashbuckling Errol Flynn to \u201cThe Sherwood Forest Chainsaw Massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We learn in a \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d-ish narration provided by Jodie Comer\u2019s icy Sister Brigid that there was, in fact, no one \u201cmore wanton and wicked than the murderous bandit Robin Hood and his Little John.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In short: \u201cSteal from the rich and give to the poor\u201d becomes \u201cKill anybody with a pulse.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In \u201cThe Death of Robin Hood,\u201d the legend is turned into a cold-blooded killer. <span class=\"credit\">A24 via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are plenty of excellent movies about horrible men and homicidal maniacs, and they hold our attention in a variety of ways. Psychological complexity that gives us insight into why they do what they do is a big one, and so is a captivating plot. Sometimes the evildoers win us over with humor and charisma.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You won\u2019t find even a morsel of any of that at \u201cDeath of Robin Hood.\u201d Sarnoski tries to get by on cinematography and brooding. That\u2019s it. But stunning, misty Northern Ireland scenery and an offputtingly dour leading man are not enough to lift this trudge out of its murky pit of depression and lethargy.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, because of the prestige that automatically accompanies an A24 release and the acclaim Sarnoski received for 2021\u2019s \u201cPig,\u201d cinephiles will dig like truffle hogs for buried profundity here. Don\u2019t bother. This is little more than \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/16\/winnie-the-pooh-blood-and-honey-review-made-by-psychopaths\/\">Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey<\/a>\u201d with stars, a bigger budget and delusions of deeper meaning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Robin (Hugh Jackman) is nearly killed, but instead wakes up in a sanctuary to heal. <span class=\"credit\">A24 via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The thin explanation for the switcheroo on Robin is that 13th Century Englanders only believe the man\u2019s a hero because he invented his own glorified mythology to help him to better stab, gouge and behead.<\/p>\n<p>That he\u2019s proudly offed hundreds, maybe thousands of people has somehow not entered the village rumor mill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oddly pretentious, this is one of those annoying films that drones on about the weight and importance of storytelling rather than telling a weighty or important story.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Little John (Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd) and Robin Hood have killed hunderds, perhaps thousands, of people. <span class=\"credit\">A24 via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jackman, looking like he\u2019s about to herd two of every animal onto an ark, plays Rob, whose favorite hobby is brutality alongside his best mate. For instance, at one point we watch Little John (Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd) bash some poor guy\u2019s brains out for a handful of bread. Hood\u2019s not repentant or remorseful these days, he says, so much as \u201cexhausted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a fight when a father arrives to avenge the death of his sons, Robin hopes to finally give it a rest and die but is only gravely injured. Too bad! The movie could\u2019ve ended early.<\/p>\n<p>Instead he wakes up at a serene island sanctuary overseen by the calm and introspective Sister Brigid, where men are healed and children live at a safe remove from danger.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jodie Comer plays Sister Brigid. <span class=\"credit\">A24 via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While he\u2019s recovering, Little John\u2019s young daughter Margaret arrives.<\/p>\n<p>Protecting the helpless girl makes Robin see, sort of, that there are greater things in life than executing passersby. <em>Ya think?<\/em> So now we\u2019ve reached the clich\u00e9d and obvious portion of the evening.<\/p>\n<p>The latter third of the movie is, at least, an improvement because the viewer doesn\u2019t want to vomit during it, and Comer brings her enticing secrecy to an underwritten character.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThe Death of Robin Hood\u201d goes from sick to sooty. <span class=\"credit\">A24 via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jackman, however, confuses intensity for feeling. The guy\u2019s so tense he practically shakes as he works his muscles so hard to remain invested. He\u2019s a collection of adjectives rather than a fully realized person.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And the ickiness doesn\u2019t fully go away either. There are several blood-letting sequences as Brigid drains the red stuff from Rob into a bowl. <em>Ewwww<\/em>-de-lally.<\/p>\n<p>Call me old fashioned, but I\u2019d prefer some green tights and merry men to this sour crud.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>movie review THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD Running time: 123 minutes. Rated R (strong bloody violence). In theaters. Was it when Robin Hood shot an arrow through a boy\u2019s eye socket or when Little John ripped off another man\u2019s jaw? 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