It turns out The Uprising isn't really a Robin Hood movie
While Robin Hood died at the movies this year, the would-be origin story of The Uprising only reincarnates a lookalike.
The film The Uprising, directed by Paul Greengrass, is not a Robin Hood movie, despite attempts by some to market it as such. The Uprising, set during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, takes place in the Middle Ages, a time period when Robin Hood legends were already circulating. However, the character of Robin Hood in The Uprising is a stretch, as he is only introduced in the final 10 minutes of the film.
The protagonist, a plowman named Andrew Garfield (now a hooded Robin of Locksley), and his band of merry men stop King Richard II and his mother in the final act, offering a quasi-Robin Hood origin story. The film's promotion caused a schism between UK and US distributors, as audiences were not expecting to see a Robin Hood-like figure in a film set during the Middle Ages.
While some versions of Robin Hood have been successful, such as the Disney and lighter depictions, others have taken a darker and more gritty approach, similar to the film's final act.
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