 What's going on everyone got a brand new Netflix movie review today and today I'm discussing Dave McKenzie's new film Outlaw King. Outlaw King is a true David vs. Goliath story of how the great 14th century Scottish Outlaw King Robert the Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat and repel the much larger and better equipped occupying English army. Now this film stars Florence Pug, Aaron Taylor Johnson and Chris Pine and like I said it was directed by Dave McKenzie the guy who brought us Hell or High Water was actually my favorite film of that year when it had come out so I was really dying to see this movie. It was some of the festivals that was getting mixed reviews and mixed scores and what not because I guess it was two and a half hours long but the version I saw they cut out 30 minutes and it was only an hour and 57 minutes. I gotta personally say though I don't get the hate for Outlaw King I do get some of the criticism for Outlaw King but overall I thought Outlaw King was a pretty entertaining watch. I thought it was brutal, it was bloody and just the way that Dave McKenzie films all the action set pieces again a lot of them are all kind of filmed the same way there's nothing like special or unique that you're gonna get from the Raid Movies or the John Wick films but as a standout like hack and slash film when you're taking this place like right after Braveheart and this is like the best double feature Outlaw King does show that brutality and that the cunningness and the bravery and their stealthiness it just they're brutal and the action sequences you feel every punch hit kick stab you feel it and it gets you the point where you're gripping your hands going oh ah and you're making these noises because you're like if that is gruesome but I dig it and that is very realistic with what's going on I think Dave McKenzie did capture that style of essence within this time with that brutality with that blood and gore and it really worked for the tone of the movie it wasn't overly gross it just fit perfectly with an Outlaw King plus might I say if you're still on that point where you say oh Chris Pines just Captain Kirk I think you're missing out on that this is one of the first roles where I really saw Chris Pine as not himself but playing the character Robert the Bruce he transformed into this character it wasn't because of his physical transformation it was the way that he portrayed him his accent the mannerism that he brought about himself it didn't look like Pine anymore it really just felt like Robert the Bruce and this was one of the first roles that I've seen him in truly because he's always been a good actor but I think this role elevated him to greatness Aaron Taylor Johnson I mean this guy is a chameleon I think he's one of the most underrated chameleons with it when it comes into Hollywood films because he transforms into this character again as well as Douglas and he's just powerful and I could totally see did McKenzie was having a blast getting a lot of the reaction shots out of Aaron Taylor Johnson he's a maniac in the battlefield when you get some of these one shots on just his face it is just awesome it always peek into the background you can find Aaron Taylor Johnson he looks bloodthirsty and it fits for his character and what's going on with his personal story say Florence plug in here who plays the female protagonist in here who is married to the Outlaw King himself I really enjoyed her character I thought she has great charisma to her and I actually wanted a bit more for which actually this is what brings me to one of my cons with the film is it does feel a little bit surface level for all the characters in here yes you do care about Robert the Bruce because he is the main character and if you don't really know much about his history beforehand you're not gonna really know much about going into this movie don't really learn much about it just within the battles that's really all you get and his struggling that with only having 50 men and having to build an army with that aspect but the reason is is that it did feel a little bit surface level with all these characters and I'm curious to see what that two and a half hour runtime film was because a lot of the story elements feel missing this film is very fast-paced now it's not as meandering as some of the critics were saying beforehand when it was coming out of the festivals and I do think it's because they took out those moments and I wonder what is missing I really want to see that cut of the film because I really am curious to see what story elements are missing again like I said there are elements I feel like that are missing from the relationship that Robert the Bruce has with his wife in here where at first they don't see eye-to-eye on certain things and that they're forced to be married but then all of a sudden they fall in love and I wanted a little bit more dynamics between them not just because of certain elements that got them together or per se his relationship with his brothers because to be honest he had so many brothers I didn't I lost track of when they were dying you don't know which one's gonna die and I kind of lost track of who was what and who was where and who this guy and how he relates to him and I just felt like it was moving so fast that it felt choppy in the editing and in a sense it did get you to the battles faster it got you to the main purpose of the film faster I think it restricted the storytelling developments that I think David McKenzie is very well known for in Heller Highwater which is one of the big reasons I love Heller Whitewater is because it's not just about the action it's about the story that it's telling it's about its characters and I'm curious to see if I would still be feeling the same way or if I watched that two and a half hour version if I was going hey you should probably chop some of that stuff out and make it just fast-paced film maybe I'm totally wrong I'm just going about of what I would have liked to see in the film more because some of the editing does feel choppy some of the character developments do feel choppy and a lot of the characters are one dimensional but again it is a very entertaining movie I think Outlaw King is bloody gorgeous that I mean it's like an animal planet documentary was filmed throughout this movie because he does use natural lighting and that is a very risky thing for a cinematographer to use but it worked in here the natural lighting works and it fits perfectly within the movie a lot of the dialogue fits the performances are great it's bloody brutal battles and if you want to see these battles you want to see these actors kicking some butt if you just want to escape into the Scottish lands of people battling and killing each other over what is right and what is wrong this is the film for you it's coming out on Netflix if you can find it in the theater I definitely recommend seeing it in the theater because of the audio because of the look of the film it does deserve to get seen at theater but if you can't find one Netflix is the best route to find it at so the all said I'm gonna give Outlaw King a B minus I mean guys what do you guys thoughts on Outlaw King did you like it did you hate it let's talk about it down below in the comments and tell me this do you really think Braveheart is the best double feature to watch right before this let's talk about it down below in the comments guys of course if you guys are new here hit up sandwich on films also down below cuz right down there you guys and get into advanced movie screens even check out some movie news and even some movie reviews and if you're new here why not hit that like and subscribe button so you guys never miss out on any videos but guys thank you guys so much for watching this video and of course until next time stay classy