Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302098471
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6302098475
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishUnknown
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: June 16, 1993
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: May 13, 1991

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Film buffs may remember the tangled tale of competing Robin Hood projects in 1991. Kevin Costner, riding high from his Oscar wins for Dances with Wolves, had his pick of projects at the time, and he juggled his interest in parallel Hood films that were under development at different studios. Costner chose Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, of course, directed by his friend Kevin Reynolds, while the other production (the one described here), attached to veteran British director John Irvin (The Dogs of War), ended up on cable television with another Yank, Patrick Bergin, in the lead. Comparisons were inevitable, even though the two films were very different from one another. A little harder edged and more surprising than Reynolds's work, the Irvin-Bergin movie made all that medieval heroism seem more an effort of the heart than previous versions. Roughing things up a bit is Uma Thurman as a bratty Maid Marion, not quite the traditional damsel in distress of yesteryear. Irvin keeps the adventure quotient up, but this is simply a darker, grittier variation on the old tale. With Jürgen Prochnow, Jeroen Krabbé, and Conrad Asquith. --Tom Keogh




Rating: - By no means the best
To me, this was an inferior version of Robin Hood, simply because I couldn't get a handle on the central character and still don't know whether or not I was supposed to take him seriously. Poor casting for the lead (and, for all I know, equivocal directing). Much of the film was good, but this spoiled it for me. (By contrast, Uma Thurman was wonderful as Marion, although it was a pity we didn't get to hear her speak more.)

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Rating: - Robin Hood, a new perspective
I have seen a few "Robin Hood" movies in my lifetime most were good some were silly my favorte is "The Adventures of Robin Hood." starring Errol Flynn, Sean Connery's "Robin and Marion" is very good (see my review.) But this "Robin Hood" is different. The whole movie was filimed in bad or foggy weather save for the very end which IMHO was a plus. It added mood to the movie. The acting was good. Patrick Bergin made a decent Robin Hood not as carismatic as Connery or Flynn but he did a great job. Uma ... Read More

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Rating: - Nothing beats Flynn
You have to wonder what goes on in the alcohol and drug addled brains of Hollywood producers that compel them to re-make classic films. I mean, why not re-make terrible films and turn them into classics. Instead, Hollywood producers take classics and produce terrible re-makes? This brings us to Robin Hood. The 1938 version with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, et al is a classic.

There will never be a better Robin Hood, a more gracious Marion, nor a better group of merry ... Read More

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Rating: - Bland
Ok movie. Uma Thurman was good. Movie was too silly for my taste. Some of the scenes strain credibility. Seems like the director wasn't sure if it should be funny or serious. The blend failed.
What is it with Robin Hood movies? A great story yet in the last 30 years all of the Robin Hood movies have been mediocre to poor.

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Rating: - NOT my favorite, by far
This Robin is older and looks more like a grown up Greg Brady than Robin Hood, and he certainly doesn't look, and isn't, very athletic. And he is not particularly charming or charismatic. In short, he isn't my idea of Robin Hood. That I could forgive if he could act, but he mostly grimaces makng odd faces. Uma Thurman makes a fine looking maid marian, but her acting, as well as most of the other majors, is horrifically hammy and not very good. I realize in today's society we do not care or ... Read More

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