It could have opened with the first major action sequence, which may be the best part of the film, as it is a far cry from where the action goes from there. For a movie to tease some promising themes at the start (if you ignore the awful opening bit of narrative catch-up that mismatches the film's tone with twee voice over and the weakest relationship setup imaginable) only to glance over them for flat characters is a little mean, because it makes you think it might not be half bad for at least a half an hour. Steal from the rich, give to the poor it's not complicated, and open to a million different interpretations of that core loop, yet here we are. Robin Hood gets his umpteenth retelling yet the film insists it's telling a new version of the story while also basically covering all you already know about the man himself. Reminds me of last year's re-imagining of King Arthur except a heist film this is not.
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