The Scots have a different temperament, a different sense of humor, a different outlook on life. The answer was no, of course - and still is, if you ask me, and not just because of Brexit. Recuperating from a near-mortal wound in the rustic house of a widow and her brood, the fugitive king struggles with the age-old question: Wouldn’t it be better for the Scots to live under the aegis of the British crown? Last year’s Netflix epic The Outlaw King covered this period of low-lying and introspection - remembered for the fugitive king’s epiphany while watching a spider spin its web - in about ten minutes, but the Robert of Robert the Bruce is a veritable fountainhead of indecision. ![]() Presumably because it’s hard to stage a proper battle with six or seven mangy-looking extras, Robert sits and broods on whether he should pick up his sword and continue the war of William Wallace (last seen being pulled apart by horses, screaming, “Freeeeeeedommmmm!”) or put an end to all the bloodshed happening offscreen. ![]() ![]() In Robert the Bruce, Angus Macfadyen reprises the role of the Scottish rebel king he played 25 years ago in Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, but the new movie is quieter, more intimate, with less bloody spectacle. Richard Gray’s sequel has less bloody spectacle, but it’s not bad at all.
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