Outlaw King
Netflix Movie 🎥 Review: “Outlaw King". Critics gave it a 57% the users an 73%. Rated: PG R with a running time of 2hrs and 1min with an IMDb of 7.1/10. Cast: Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh, Billy Howle, Tony Curran, Callan Mulvey, Stephen Dillane and Alan Cooney.
After being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce is forced into exile by the English and leads a band of outlaws to help him reclaim the throne.
Outlaw King is a 2018 historical action drama film about Robert the Bruce, the 14th-century Scottish king who launched a guerilla war against the larger English army. It is co-written, produced and directed by David Mackenzie.
This movie picks up where the movie “Braveheart” staring Mel Gibson ends. At the end of that movie William Wallace (Gibson) is captured by the English King with the help of Wallace’s thought to be good friend “Robert the Bruce”.
This was a legitimately moving and entertaining movie. The acting is absolutely fantastic, the cinematography is impeccable and the practical effects are undeniably realistic.
To my surprise I thoroughly enjoyed it gore and all and it deserves to be seen on a big screen to do its epic scope justice. The Scottish countryside is spectacular as are the battle scenes. The film takes some liberties with history, changing the timeline a little or merging characters and events, but generally the changes work to heighten the dramatic conflicts. The soundtrack is haunting and music is used to excellent effect. Is it perfect? No, but its worth watching if your into the battles and fighting for a noble cause.
To me the film offers plenty of authentic Scottish atmosphere, sweeping landscape shots highlight the diverse beauty of the land and you can practically feel the cold, gray chill pouring out from the screen.