Historical drama which follows Robert the Bruce's struggles against the forces of Edward I after the death of William Wallace.
Outlaw King is one of the most expensive films ever made in Scotland. Even when it stumbles, you can’t help but admire its epic scale and the sheer scope of its ambition.
Pine supplies gravitas in the lead, but he’s almost a lone voice of moderation. Bloody and brash and as subtle as a trebuchet, this is gleefully entertaining — unless you’re English, anyway.
Scottish director David Mackenzie does visceral justice to the story of Robert The Bruce.
It may have glorious camera work, revenge-filled plot twists, lots of speechifying and an English villain with a hipster bowl cut, but Mackenzie seems very conscious of the way these kinds of stories can be turned into simplistic myths.
A godawful trudge through boggy lands and baggy plots.
Chris Pine pulls off a decent Scottish accent as the great 14th-century insurrectionary in David Mackezie’s brisk retelling.
What 'Outlaw King' gets wrong--according to a historian
What actually happened at the Battle of Loudoun Hill
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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