To say that Robert the Bruce suffers from poor timing would be an understatement. Not only does this film about the medieval Scottish king arrive a very long 25 years after Braveheart— of which it is a sort of unofficial spinoff — but it has the misfortune of following the recent, superior Netflix film Outlaw King, starring Chris Pine as the same character.
It would be easy to understand why Angus Macfadyen, reprising the role he played in Mel Gibson's film and here serving as producer and co-screenwriting, must be feeling a bit frustrated.
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