A bleak, muddy version of Scottish legend Robert the Bruce's story avoids triumphalism while painting a suspiciously one-sided picture. The English are nearly all crude rapists and bullies, while the Scottish are noble heroes (even when committing murder in a church).
Pine was really good in this role and didn't try to overdue the accent. Better portrayal of Richard Bruce than in Braveheart.
Very good most of the way. My biggest issue was the ending.
If you're a fan of Braveheart you'll like the story but the storytelling is far inferior. Chris Pine is a capable actor but his accent in this veered from burr to brogue to, I swear, at times what sounded like a Bornholmish dialect.
Just loved it. Scotland, great actors, direction etc.
I never write reviews and rarely even read them. So I'll just say to anyone on the fence, absolutely watch it!
I can't see the purpose of this film. It paints a rather unpersuasive and neither well written nor well acted picture of the protagonist, and it ends on one of the greatest anticlimaxes ever committed to the big screen.
This movie is one of the best that you can find on Netflix for sure! Great historical story telling combined with Passion from the actors at the point that even if you are not Scotch you can relate.
Here is a good entertaining movie with a title that says what it is. Most of the movie is taken up with the action, battles, blood, gore, guts & ventures of an 'Outlaw King' of Scotland.