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ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION Tackles Opposition From All Sides With Median Results

There’s little uncertainty among some directors about how much there is to tap into for workable material for Robin Hood films. Writer and director Nicholas Winters found his in Robin Hood: The Rebellion rejoining Hooligan Escape star Ben Freeman, and for this, a story that immerses you into a war already in-progress. You get solid peformances all around, headlined by Freeman and actor James Oliver Wheatley – the latter starring as the incorrigible and evil Sheriff of Nottingham. The Sheriff has zeroed in on Sherwood Forest, leaving its inhabitants vulnerable with Robin and Will Scarlett (James G. Nunn) taking point against the Sheriff’s men. Actor Jamie Kenna weighs in as Little John, unsettled by the incursion as well as ill-gotten ideas of Robin’s intentions with respect to his persona; John’s woes are just the first indicator that others among Sherwood’s people may have become turncoats in exchange for better prospects […]

Review: HOOLIGAN ESCAPE: THE RUSSIAN JOB Bolsters With Exciting Game Play On Limited Ground

Lee B. Golden III

Football hooliganism proves useful from time to time in anchoring a narrative feature film. The rest is just up to the crew at hand and the creative process unfolds. With British independent thriller, Hooligan Escape: The Russian Job, what we get is just the kind of film that the niche would probably appeal to considering its simplistic formula and low-budget scope with the fitting caliber of action. Writer and director Nicholas Winter, who himself is no stranger to hooligan films, makes work of the endeavor with actor Ben Freeman who bodes strongly as the protagonist next to actress Ali Bastian opposite a menacing and heavily beareded Oleg Hill. The good news is that Hooligan Escape: The Russian Job manages to retain its stimulus as the intensity increases throughout the story, although it does so on a limited palette which doesn’t suit well for character development. In sum, the film starts with […]