{"id":14626,"date":"2026-06-20T00:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=14626"},"modified":"2026-06-20T00:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:34:56","slug":"the-death-of-robin-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2026\/06\/20\/the-death-of-robin-hood\/","title":{"rendered":"The Death of Robin Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Death of Robin Hood <\/strong>(2026)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A24\/Drama\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 123 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (strong bloody violence)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Michael Sarnoski\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Michael Sarnoski\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Jim Ghedi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Pat Scola\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: June 19, 2026 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgard, Murray Bartlett, Noah Jupe, Faith Delaney, Jade Croot, Clive Russell.<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0Any notions you might have of Robin Hood being a romantic outlaw hero are quickly dispelled by the man himself at the beginning of The Death of Robin Hood<\/strong>. A female wanderer comes across the aged Robin (Jackman, Logan) living in the rugged, windswept hills of a remote area of Britain. He wastes little time in setting her straight about himself. All of the myths are just that, myths. There was no Maid Marian. When he stole from the rich, he didn\u2019t give it to the poor; he kept it for himself. Also, he\u2019s killed more people than he can remember. Basically, Robin Hood was nothing more than an opportunist and cold-blooded killer. Now he\u2019s old and waiting to die.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Viewers looking for action will be disappointed. You\u2019ll notice that I classified The Death of Robin Hood<\/strong> (btw, the title is a spoiler!) as a drama. That\u2019s what it is for the most part. There\u2019s some action in the first act with Robin helping his longtime friend and partner-in-crime Little John (Skarsgard, Nosferatu) resolve a family feud. As a result, Robin is near fatally wounded. He\u2019s taken to a priory where he\u2019s nursed back to health by the prioress Sister Brigid (Comer, 28 Years later). This is where he takes his first step on the road to redemption.<\/p>\n

\u00a0At this point, The Death of Robin Hood<\/strong> becomes a drama in the vein of Clint Eastwood\u2019s western masterpiece Unforgiven (1992). Robin, realizing he\u2019s been given a chance to atone for his sins, sticks around for a while. Nobody knows who he really is. They only know him as Randolph. He befriends a leper (Bartlett, The White Lotus) who tends to the trees (apple, pear and elderberry) and looks after Little John\u2019s traumatized young daughter (Delaney, Hamnet). Of course, it\u2019s only a matter of time before his violent past comes calling.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Directed by Michael Sarnoski (A Quiet Place: Day One), The Death of Robin Hood<\/strong> has periodic pacing issues, but it\u2019s not supposed to be a rollicking adventure like the 1991 version with Kevin Costner. No, this one is closer in spirit to Robin and Marian starring Sean Connery as an older version of the folk hero, one whose days of adventure have come to a close. It also brings to mind the somber 2010 film starring Russell Crowe. The point is The Death of Robin Hood<\/strong> is not a fun popcorn movie. It\u2019s a darker take on the legendary figure, one whose story has been greatly fabricated. It\u2019s an interesting interpretation of Robin Hood.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Jackman is terrific in the title role. He brings the same gravitas that be brought to aged Wolverine in the elegiac superhero movie Logan. His Robin Hood is exhausted, a man beaten down by a life of violence and self-serving crime. He\u2019s just waiting around for the end to come. Then he gets a final shot at redemption, something he didn\u2019t even know he wanted until it happened. Even then, he knows whatever happiness he finds will be short-lived, especially when he learns a shocking fact about his primary caretaker\u2019s past, namely what brought her to the priory.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I\u2019ve admired Comer as an actress since I first saw her on the series Killing Eve. She always makes interesting choices. She turns it yet another right-on-point performance as Sister Brigid, a woman torn between her vows and her obvious attraction to her ward. She doesn\u2019t just depict it; she absorbs it into her character. She has a naturalistic quality to her. Young Delaney shows great promise as an actress. A lot of young actors have played traumatized children to varying degrees of success. Delaney nails it by not overplaying it, by keeping it level and believable. It\u2019s a solid performance.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The cinematography by Pat Scola is a highlight. The Death of Robin Hood <\/strong>is breathtaking to look at sometimes. He uses the rugged landscapes of Northern Ireland to great dramatic effect. They\u2019re a perfect reflection of Robin Hood\u2019s internal state. It helps that Sarnoski utilizes a 2.4:1 aspect ratio for these early scenes before switching 1.66:11 for the two remaining acts. The only issue here is some scenes are too dark. It makes it hard to see what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I know that The Death of Robin Hood<\/strong> isn\u2019t everybody\u2019s cup of tea. It doesn\u2019t stand a chance against the summer heavy hitters (e.g. Toy Story 5, Supergirl). It\u2019s not a perfect film by any stretch of the imagination, but it\u2019s a darn good one. It\u2019s one of the better interpretations of Robin Hood. It\u2019s definitely better than that modernized abomination with Taron Egerton. This Hood may not be heroic, but he\u2019s still tops with a bow and arrow. We see a fair amount of it in the gory first act. He passes this skill onto the little girl. It\u2019s cool. In short, I like The Death of Robin Hood<\/strong>. It still doesn\u2019t hold a candle to Errol Flynn, but what does?\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Death of Robin Hood (2026)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A24\/Drama\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 123 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (strong bloody violence)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Michael Sarnoski\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Michael Sarnoski\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Jim Ghedi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Pat Scola\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: June 19, 2026 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgard, Murray Bartlett, Noah Jupe, Faith Delaney, Jade Croot, Clive Russell. Rating: *** \u00a0Any notions you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-now-playing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Death-of-Robin-Hood-POSTER.jpg?fit=620%2C918&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14630,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14626\/revisions\/14630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}