Movie Review: Medieval action drama ‘The Uprising’ struggles under a Robin Hood origin twist
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By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer
“The Uprising” starts as a true story of medieval England in the grip of economic revolution. That’s good stuff. Then it gets inexplicably hijacked by an origin story for one of the West’s most popular folk heroes. That’s head-scratching stuff.
Paul Greengrass’ movie mixes fact and fiction in such an anachronistic, uncomfortable way that it undercuts the movie-maker’s initial populist scream and ceases to hold its historical power, like air escaping a def
“The Uprising” starts as a true story of medieval England in the grip of economic revolution. That’s good stuff. Then it gets inexplicably hijacked by an origin story for one of the West’s most popular folk heroes. That’s head-scratching stuff.
Paul Greengrass’ movie mixes fact and fiction in such an anachronistic, uncomfortable way that it undercuts the movie-maker’s initial populist scream and ceases to hold its historical power, like air escaping a def
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