![]() The song ¨every thing I do it for you ¨ was nominated for Academy Award. ![]() Magnificent and spectacular musical score by Michael Kamen. Movie is shot on natural sets and English woods and cathedral and interior scenarios with impressive production design. Impeccable cinematography by Douglas Milsone. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is memorable and attractive. Special mention to Alan Rickman as an evil and crazed sheriff in a comic and sensationalistic interpretation. Kevin Costner is fine but Morgan Freeman comes up the film as the civilized and naive Moor brought by Robin from Crusades. The final product looked as although the actors learn the screenplay and decided the best issue was to take a good time and amuse themselves and both managed to stage some excellent action scenes, hopefully without coming to blows themselves. Seven years later to ¨Fandango¨ film, director Kevin Reynolds and Kevin Costner re-teamed but with much bigger budget. Although is a little revisionist about characters, personages and time where is developed the action in a dirty, gritty Middle Age, spectators partially disapproved the changes of classic canon. The movie has great action sequences well staged with stylish and vitality, tongue-in-cheek, adventures, romance and is pretty amusing. One time evaded Robin and returned to England he'll confront against the former. ![]() He briefly returned England to put down a revolt against him, his brother John without Land takes over the kingdom with his underlings Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) and Guy Gisbourne (Michael Wincott). In route England Richard was captured by Leopold II of Austria and ransomed by his own subjects. The story is indirectly based on historic events and developed during third Crusade, Robin is imprisoned and is serving under orders of Richard Lion Heart (Sean Connery) who fights against Saladin and conquers Acre. The legendary Sherwood forest's hero Robin Locksly (Kevin Kostner) again and Lady Mariam (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) along with a Moor (Morgan Freeman) and his Merrie men : Will Scarlett (Christian Slater), Friar Tuck and Little John facing off a wicked Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) and Guy Gisbourne (Michael Wincott). ![]() Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10 Modern version with certain revisionism but with load of action and romance ![]()
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