Hugh Jackman plays a psychopathic Robin Hood caught up in his own myth in They Called Him Robin Hood. A video retrospective on the film.
Nine years after Logan, Hugh Jackman isn’t stepping back into the old Wolverine persona; this time he embodies an aging Robin Hood in They Called Him Robin Hood. Taken at face value, that might read as just another blockbuster about a noble hero, even though the 2018 version was an artistic and financial flop that cast him as a MCU-worthy superhero.
Far from it: this Robin is a weary brute who massacres men, women, and children. His legend is entirely false, and he spends his days dispatching the sons and daughters who come seeking vengeance for their slain parents. The film’s starting point is a bold one—a premise that frequently defies Hollywood conventions—a choice that hasn’t earned it universal affection. Mathieu explains what drew him to this death-haunted, ultraviolent fable.
