Not only did critics and audiences love the film, but it was nominated and won numerous awards that year. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves isn’t the same experience it was when I was ten, and it doesn’t throw me back to that childlike wonder and glee the way Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade still does, but that’s not to say it’s not worth revisiting.

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was one of the best films of 1991, a triumph even over the special effects hype of Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' UK 4K release(s) from Arrow are almost universally packed to the rafters with on-disc extra features (ported over to the actual 4K disc itself, in Arrow's admirably consistent style) as well as Limited Edition bumf like art cards, booklets, posters and pretty packaging.Use the thumbs up and thumbs down icons to agree or disagree that the title is similar to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Hell, even Sean Connery showed up and brought a commanding performance for the few seconds he was on screen. He's since capitalised on the surprising success of Open Range to make westerns his mainstay - even modern ones like Let Him Go and Yellowstone - looking to deliver his magnum opus in the forthcoming Horizon, a quartet of three-hour epics following the post-Civil War expansion of the American West.

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Be interested to hear about picture quality on this, have the bluray ultimate edition and that is way too grainy for my liking. He was always going to play Robin Hood; all three competing project that were kicking around in 1990 wanted him, it was just that he liked Prince of Thieves’ script most.This film was never going to be lauded for originality, but it knows what it wants to be and executes every element excellently. Not only did this film deliver a tie in number one hit, with Bryan Adams’s ‘ Everything I do, I do it for you’, but the late (and always great) Michael Kaman delivered a rousing and emotional score that is still listened to by this reviewer to this day. Back in 1991, Kevin Costner ruled the cinematic landscape and with his filmmaking partner Kevin Reynolds in hand for this and Waterworld, the two seemed unstoppable.

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Films are not usually made like this one anymore, which is an experience rather than showcasing a few big action sequences and sewing them together with characters. This grand, swashbuckling adventure in the classic tradition is brought to life by an all-star supporting cast, including Christian Slater (True Romance), Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon) and a memorable cameo from Sean Connery (himself a former Robin Hood), plus an instantly recognisable score by Michael Kamen (Highlander) – not to mention a chart-topping Bryan Adams theme song. For more about Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 4K and the Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 4K Blu-ray release, see Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 4K Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on February 1, 2023 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.For this review of the new 4K disc from, appropriately, Arrow Video, I took my first look at the theatrical cut, finally fully uncut, in probably 20 years.