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Features: DVD, Widescreen
The contemporary retelling of the popular legend is back for a second series with more breathtaking archery, incredible swordplay, lots of humour, fun and energy, a smattering of brute force, and the raw determination to right wrongs.The Sheriff is in the final stages of a plot to kill King Richard upon his return from the Holy Land. The Sheriff also wants Robin Hood dead and with his devastating sister Davina, sets about catching him once and for all. It seems only a matter of time until Marian escapes to the forest and she and Robin can be together. Until that is, Gisborne turns up at Knighton Hall and razes it to the ground, seizing Marian and Edward and placing them under house arrest in the castle. Marian and Robin now separate for the good of England, Marian as the castle spy, and Robin leading his gang in the forest and villages of Nottingham... This five disc collection includes all 13 episodes from Season Two of Robin Hood!
"...Armstrong makes a likeable Robin...Kennedy is excellent as Little John...This version of Robin Hood is quite a fun ride..." Jeff Swindoll, Monsters and Critics
"...refreshing and quite fun to watch a live-action Robin Hood that [has]...plenty of humor and quite a bit of anachronisms..." Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
Editor's Note
The BBC brings ROBIN HOOD into the 21st century with this adaptation of his adventures featuring Jonas Armstrong in the lead role. In this second season, the Sheriff of Nottingham plots to assassinate King Richard and snare Robin Hood in fiendish trap. Meanwhile, Marian (Lucy Griffiths) has her own troubles after she's sequestered in her castle by one of the Sheriff's goons. Will she ever see Robin again? This collection presents all 13 episodes of action from the show's second season.
| Features | Audio Commentary | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Featurette | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 8/18/2009 |
| Running Time: 578 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2007 | | Catalog ID: 1000038471 | | UPC: 00883929018253 | | Number of Discs: 5 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety 7 of 10
In many respects, the BBC's "Robin Hood" feels like a throwback to the classic Disney adventures of the 1950s, where Zorro or the Swamp Fox would battle the same assortment of ruthless but semi-inept villains week after week, while the music worked extra hard to obscure the relatively chintzy budgets and action sequences...While no Errol Flynn, Armstrong does play Robin as a ladies man with a roguish smile, bantering with Marian (Lucy Griffiths), who seeks to assist him from within the Sheriff's domain. Still, the effort to create a slightly hip, next-gen bow-slinger never quite coalesces, perhaps because the tone is so uneven. As a case in point, Robin and the Sheriff engage in several snippy exchanges during the initial batch of episodes, but the Sheriff awkwardly oscillates between being a campy Snidely Whiplash and genuinely evil, making you wonder why Robin doesn't put an arrow through his forehead when given the chance...If nothing else, this latest schlep back through Sherwood Forest delivers another reminder that while there are several things the Brits do particularly well in TV -- most notably costume dramas, acerbic comedy and the occasional crime thriller -- action, as a rule, isn't one of them. All of which might explain why "Robin Hood" ends up being a bit off-target. - Brian Lowry
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