*** Robin Hood (2018) Here is a very good version of the Robin Hood (Tara Egerton) story, with a mining operation outside of town; and the Sheriff of Nottingham (Ben Mendelsohn) is exploiting the people at the request of the cardinal who is using the money to keep the war going (financing the Moors) in the hopes King Richard will perish. Moorish Little John (Jamie Fox) figures he has to travel to America to get to the end of the war. He trains Robin, as he lost a son and a hand in the war. Miriam (Eve Hewson) has moved on from Robin since Robin left to the war some years before, and was reported killed. She is now with Will Scarlet (Jamie Dornan) This movie has a good start, and a terrible finish. The new sheriff is just a contrived ending to make for sequels, which I don’t think should be made. The question is what more does this version offer. The only thing is the mining community outside of Nottingham. But that is just putting gothic scenery into the film and really doesn't work.
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