Good direction, decent acting, beautiful cinematography but just not clearest story to convert into a movie. I'm sorry, understand that Robert The Bruce is a Scottish hero, but this movie has little heart. It doesn't have anywhere near the same emotional content that a movie like Braveheart does, which is always going to be the comparison (due to the chronology and the frequent mentions of William Wallace). All through the film you get the impression that Robert the Bruce is not fighting for worthy causes such as revenge, his country or even freedom, he's out for his own interests, just trying to grab power for his own purposes. He wants to be a king and now he has his opportunity to seize the crown. Which means it's difficult to get behind the character and be emotionally involved in the story. Overall, a decent effort from Netflix, but they could perhaps have chosen a clearer story for their historical epic. Even the last battle scene feels a little rushed and just kind of tails off with a weird and slightly uncomfortable one on one sword fight at the end. Perhaps a character like Boudicca, Alfred the Great or Owain Glendower would provide a clearer historical protagonist and a more emotional story arc.
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