Welcome back to Movie Recap. Today I'm gonna show you a 2010 action film called,
Robin Hood. Spoiler’s ahead. Sit back, relax and enjoy the video.
The movie begins in the middle of the night in Nottingham, robbers are running through
the forest. They begin to break the padlock in a storage place and steal grains and seeds of
Nottingham. Lady Marion hears the fuss that was going on outside and orders her servants to open
the gates, while holding on to a bow. Taking an arrow and lighting the end of the arrow with a
flame, she shoots her arrow aiming at the robbers, and lands it in front of one of the robbers.
As the robbers took off, Lady Marion and her servants sees what they had been
stolen and says that they won’t be having anything to plant in the coming spring.
In the Chalus Castle of France, Robin Longstride walks along with other
men carrying what they hunted for their supper. Under King Richard the Lionheart,
Robin is one of the King’s archers that battles alongside him in his crusades.
During an assault led by King Richard against the French stronghold, Robin and the other men
willfully fights to take upon the victory against the French. A young lad attempts to hang a bag
bomb in the portcullis but his feet gets stuck in it, which makes Robin do a bold move to save him.
Robin successfully saves the young lad and signals the others to ignite the bomb bags,
and they successfully breach the portcullis of the French stronghold and continue to attack.
In England, Prince John who is King Richard’s younger brother, is mingling on bed with his
mistress Isabella, the niece of the King of France. John’s mother, Eleanor of Aquitane,
sees the wife of John standing outside the room hearing John have fun with another woman with a
sad look on her face. John’s mother barges in, and tells his son about his rude attitude that
can give France an excuse to invade them, as well as for him to come back to his lawful wife
and do his duties. But John explains that his wife is too barren, and tells about how he is
filing an annulment for his wife and wants to marry his mistress as he is anticipating
the death of his brother, King Richard. During the night, Robin plays with the other
men a mind game with three cups and a pea, in which Little John says that Robin is shuffling
the cups without a pea in it and accuses him of cheating. Little John starts to lift the cups
and to his surprise, there was actually a pea in the middle cup and Robin suddenly punches him in
the face that starts a fight between them. The fight suddenly stops as King Richard interrupts
them and asks who started the fight and Robin honestly says that he landed a punch first.
Seeing that Robin is an honest man, King Richard asks him about his thoughts in the crusade
and whether God is pleased, and Robin says no because of the massacre that they had done in
Acre in which they acted barbarically and killed 2,500 Muslims. His honest opinion left Robin
and his other men chained and locked, then Robin swears that after the fight he will return home.
Sir Godfrey visits King Philip of France in a nearby forest. King Philip explains that when
John stands as the King of England, even an army of cooks can invade them, but with King Richard
alive, the French has no chance. King Philip gives a request to Godfrey to kill King Richard
for them to easily invade England and in return he will be rewarded, in which Godfrey accepts it.
In the continuous fight of the Englishmen against the French, King Richard who was
leading the Englishmen is suddenly shot in his neck by an arrow. His right man,
Sir Robert Loxley, pulls him away from the rain of arrows and asks for a physician,
but the King only asks for a wine and passes away. The young lad that Robin saved before
sees the King die and rushes to Robin and his men to free them. Robin tells his men
to quickly grab their weapons and flee from the camp before other soldiers come rushing as well.
As Robert and the others are delivering the dead king’s crown back to England,
Godfrey and his men ambushes them and kills most of the Englishmen. Godfrey sees a dying Robert
who is stabbed in his chest and asks him the where the king is, and is in shock to know that the one
that they’re about to assassinate is already dead. While Godfrey’s subordinate is about to
take the king’s crown from the king’s horse, the horse suddenly runs and bumps into Robin. Seeing
that the king’s horse is being chased, Robin and the other archers fight off Godfrey’s men.
Godfrey and his men falls back while Robin shoots his arrow towards Godfrey and scarred his cheek.
A dying Robert asks Robin to give his beloved sword to his father in Nottingham,
and Robin has no choice but to agree out of pity. Robin suddenly thinks of a way on how they can
pass the border to England and sees the King’s crown as a ticket for their trip way back home.
Robin and his men dressed up as knights and takes the King’s crown to the ships, and Robin
even introduces himself as Robert Loxley. Robin’s men sing and drink in the ship while Robin reveals
inscribed phrases in the sword that says “Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions”.
Robin wakes up and is shocked to know that they are 20 minutes away from London,
wherein he will personally deliver the King’s crown in front of the Queen.
Robin tells this bad news to his men and says that if someone recognizes that they are an impostor,
they will run for their lives. The queen expects to see King Richard back, but she trembles as she
sees that only the King’s crown was back, and gives the crown to John and hails him as the
new king. Godfrey and his men suddenly come and see Robin’s familiar face amongst the crowd.
The new king asks Robin how his brother had died and Robin replies that the king had died at war.
King John walks and sees Godfrey in the crowd and invites him. Godfrey commands his men to
discard Robin since he knows too much about them and what happened. Marshal comes near
to Robin and tells him that he shall come and go visit Robert’s father in Nottingham.
Robin’s men sing and eat together as he is dividing their shares. Robin then tells them that
this will be their last company and that they will part ways after. One of his men asks where would
Robin go, and he says that he will fulfill the request of Robert. One of Robin’s men falls asleep
and the Sherwood robbers in Nottingham steals from them, then comes Godfrey’s men wherein Robin
and his men fights with them and kills almost all of them but one of Godfrey’s men escapes.
King John is discussing about the financial costs of keeping the army and suggests that
they should disband them, but Marshal disagrees since it is one of the greatest assets of the
late King Richard, and suggests that they can take loans from Normandy but John disagrees.
Godfrey then tells to the King to let him go north and he will collect their money or take
their lives since it is what must be done. Seeing the acts and decisions of King John,
the Queen tells John that Richard would never do what John is doing. John loses his temper towards
his mother and blames her that it is also her fault why his inheritance had become so little
due to the actions of the past Kings. The Queen slaps his spoiled son and walks out of the room.
John then forcefully resigns Marshal from his place and gives the position to Godfrey.
Robin and his men arrive in Nottingham and are unimpressed by the look of the place. Friar Tuck
comes and introduces himself as the Friar in town. Robin asks the Friar where is Sir Walter Loxley,
and after Tuck answered him, he bids farewell to his men, then his men asks the Friar where
they can get alcohols to drink and Tuck tells them about the mead, which is honey liquor.
Robin checks out Lady Marion, who was cleaning the horse’s hoofs, and calls her, a “girl”,
which offended Lady Marion. Robin asks for Walter since he will be giving his sword as requested
by Robert. Marion leads Robin to Walter while walking unsteadily due to the message about the
death of her husband. While washing her feet, Marion tells Robin that he is Robert’s wife
and that it is better to lie about the death of Robert to his blind father.
Robin gives Robert’s sword to Walter, and Walter instantly knows that his son is already dead as he
was holding the sword. Walter grieves about how there were no closure between him and his son,
but Robin assures Walter that Robert’s final words were about the love of a father and son.
Walter touches Robin’s face and invites him for dinner, and he tells him to take a bath because he
stinks. In the prepared bath, Robin asks Marion to help him undress his armors and clothes,
even though it was difficult for her, she still complies with Robin’s request.
During the wine-filled dinner, Walter asks Robin about his origin story,
in which Robin only says that he does not know his origins but he do know where he had been.
Walter then offers his sword to Robin as long as he will pretend to be his son and Marion’s wife
so that when Walter dies, the land will still be in the hands of Marion.
Marion is surprised by what Walter said and angrily walks out of the dining room.
Robin and Marion needs to convince everyone in the village that they are husband and wife,
that’s why they have to share the same room, do different things together in the village,
and let Robin be familiarized in the whole village. Robin has been helping the village
from taking back the Nottingham seeds and planting it, as well as talking to the Sherwood robbers.
Feelings start to form between the two and gradually, Marion looks up to Robin because
of his kind actions and wise words, in which she never felt with her late husband Robert.
Marshal is aware of the threat that is coming to King John, and his men sees that there are
200 French soldiers that have landed on their land, and Godfrey is creating havoc in the North
in the name of the King, by forcing them to pay their taxes and whoever stops them will perish.
The destruction that Godfrey and his men have made in the North is a plan for the Northern to
pledge allegiance with one another to go against King John, and when that happens, that is when the
French will invade during the chaos. Marshal speaks about the news to Eleanor the Queen,
and the Queen passes this message to King John’s new wife, Isabella. The Queen tells Isabella that
she is also responsible to take care of John or else she may not earn the title of being a Queen.
Isabella tells King John about the betrayal and plan of Godfrey and John becomes furious,
but eventually believes Isabella. A messenger then comes to the Sheriff
of Nottingham and tells him about Godfrey coming to the village about the taxes.
The Sheriff then says that the Loxley will be a big trouble since the son of Walter is now home,
in which Godfrey’s men now know the whereabouts of Robin, who have disguised himself as Robert.
King John visits Marshal and tells him how the Marshal deserted him when Godfrey is actually
betraying him. Marshal tells King John that he should meet and reach out to the Barons
of the North to have a fair talk, but King John refuses and tells that he’d rather command the
militia to meet with the barons in the battle. At night in Nottingham, villagers are dancing
happily together. Marshal comes and talks with Walter about meeting Robin Longstride once again,
and they do meet again when Marshal calls Robin. Walter then talks with Robin about his
father being a great man that all can be moved by his words and how a lot of people supported
his charter. Robin realizes that he was actually there when his father was executed, and he bursts
into tears as the truth was now known by him. Walter sends Robin to Marshal, who is telling
the barons about what is really happening and the attempted chaos that Godfrey is making for France
to conquer England during this madness. King John also comes and tells the people of his authority,
and that is when Robin butts in to tell everyone how a great foundation can lead to a great nation
and justice must be part of the law. Everyone is moved by Robin’s word that even King John
vowed his mother’s life that he will make liberty of every village a part of the law.
Meanwhile, Godfrey comes and leads its men to Nottingham and wreaks havoc in the village.
Godfrey asks for Robert Loxley, but instead Walter shows himself.
Godfrey whispers to Walter that he is his son’s killer, and Walter becomes furious and sways his
sword towards Godfrey, who is playing with him due to his blindness. Walter successfully cuts
Godfrey’s forehead in which Godfrey lost his temper and finally killing Walter. The
Sherwood robbers see the mess that’s happening in Nottingham and saves Marion from being raped.
Thankfully, Robin and the others come on time and fight off Godfrey and the French men,
and successfully know when and where King Philips will land. Godfrey retreats, seeing that they
can’t handle Robin as he leads the others. After what happened, Walter is given a proper burial,
and Marion sees off Robin before his battle and kisses him as an expression of her love for him.
The ships of the French starts landing one-by-one in the shore of England, while King John and the
English men are preparing for a battle against the French. To Robin’s surprise, Marion and the
Sherwood robbers join in the battle and they all successfully won the war against King Philips who
has no other choice but to retreat. Robin is able to use a bow and arrow to shoot directly through
Godfrey’s neck on time. The French have now surrendered and victory goes to the Englishmen.
King John sees that all of them cheered on Robin who is carrying Marion, rather than him the King.
The movie ends in a public meeting, John refuses to sign what he had promised to the people,
and even makes Robin an outlaw since he sees Robin as a threat for him.
He declares to everyone that whosoever helps Robin will also be an outlaw of the country.
On the other hand, Robin, Marion, the Friar, and his fellow archers live peacefully in the
skirts of the forest with the Sherwood robbers, away from taxes, government, and injustice.