History Film / RobinHood2018

* HandicappedBadass: Little John loses a hand to Gisborne as he's about to finish off Robin. Doesn't make him the slightest bit less badass for the rest of the movie.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Some of the outfits, haircuts and props look rather advanced, like Robin's hoodie jacket and Nottingham's suit with lapels.

* SpiritualSuccessor: A highly stylized re-imagining of a well-known English legend with intentional AnachronismStew? Pretty much ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword'' [[RecycledInSpace except with Robin Hood]].

* GunFu: Robin pulls off some crazy movies with a bow reminiscent of Legolas from the Lord of the Rings moves, or some of John Woo's gunplay movies.

* TheUnpronounceable: Yahya ibn Omar. John and Tuck decide to dub him John.

* RaceLift: Jamie Foxx portrays Little John, who's not commonly described as black in the original stories of the ''Robin Hood'' legend. But has been played by other actors of color in recent years.

* AnachronismStew: Rather than approaching it with gritty realism à la [[Film/RobinHood2010 the 2010 film]], this adaption goes for a deliberately stylized approach to the Robin Hood myths, transplanting several modern concepts and designs in the setting, including [[AutomaticCrossbows rapid-fire ballistas]], [[SchizoTech medieval vests made to resemble modern flak jackets]], bandana-wearing and Molotov cocktail-throwing rebels, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking printed draft letters]], etc.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Some of the outfits and props look rather advanced, like Robin's hoodie jacket and Nottingham's suit with lapels. Nottingham's soldiers also wield riot shields and folding crossbows resembling guns against the Merry Men, who look like modern protesters with {{Molotov cocktail}}s in glass bottles.

* ArtisticLicensePolitics: The position of Sheriff in medieval England was appointed by the King himself or whoever was currently ruling in his place (i.e. Prince John or Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Queen mother). But it was most definitely not a position appointed by the church.

* BeardOfEvil: Averted. The Sheriff of Nottingham is clean-shaven in this film.
** However, in the end it is revealed that [[spoiler: the clean-shaven Sheriff is [[NotHisSled NOT ''the Sheriff'' from the original Robin Hood tale]]]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The uniforms Robin and other soldiers wear during the Crusades look like medieval versions of flak jackets commonly worn by soldiers in the Middle East. The way they draw their bows are also not dissimilar to how said soldiers hold assault rifles, automatic crossbows resembling machinegun fire and bundled arrow launchers evoking rocket-propelled grenades. Also, the Sheriff of Nottingham is introduced giving a speech which greatly resembles George W. Bush's "they hate our freedoms" speech. Then there's the ending; a number of common citizens wearing hoods and masks, hurling molotov cocktails at soldiers who appear to be wearing riot gear...Robin Hood, agent of ANTIFA?

* PurelyAestheticEra: Borders on this with all the outrageous AnachronismStew.

* MouthofSauron: The Bishop of Hereford is this for the Cardinal.

->''"A thousand pounds for the man who brings me Hood!"''

* PaperThinDisguise: Robin's disguise might work against the Sheriff's guards, but falls spectacularly flat when it comes to people who really know him.
-->'''Marian:''' Rob?
-->'''Robin:''' How did you know it was me?
-->'''Marian''': [[LampshadeHanging You call that a disguise?]]
--> She pulls down his mask
--> '''Robin''': ...well, it fooled everybody else!

Creator/TaronEgerton stars as the [[Myth/RobinHood titular character]], a war-hardened [[UsefulNotes/TheCrusades Crusader]] with a knack for [[ArcherArchetype archery]]. With the help of Little John (Creator/JamieFoxx) and an [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits outlaw group]] called the [[MenOfSherwood Merry Men]], Robin takes it upon himself to take down the corrupt English crown, which claims the Sheriff of Nottingham (Creator/BenMendelsohn) as one of its enforcers. Creator/JamieDornan, Music/TimMinchin and Eve Hewson ([[Music/{{U2}} Bono's]] daughter) also star as Will Scarlet, Friar Tuck and Maid Marian respectively.

* GunFu: Robin pulls off some crazy movies with a bow reminiscent of Legolas from the Lord of the Rings movies, or some of John Woo's gunplay movies.

* RaceLift: Jamie Foxx portrays Little John, who's not commonly described as black in other versions of the ''Robin Hood'' story.
* SchizoTech: While still supposedly set during UsefulNotes/TheCrusades, the film's connections to actual history could be charitably described as "[[{{Understatement}} loose]]", with much of the clothing and weaponry looking extremely modern if not futuristic/post-apocalyptic.

* AllChristiansAreCatholics: Justified, since the story takes place in England centuries before Martin Luther was born and when Roman-Catholicism was the state-mandated religion in many West European countries, including England. However, due to the extreme AnachronismStew, the audience might be mistaken into assuming that the movie takes place well after 1534, when the Church of England was founded.

** However, in the end it is revealed that [[spoiler: the clean-shaven Sheriff is [[NotHisSlead NOT ''the Sheriff'' from the original Robin Hood tale]].

* NotHisSlead: [[spoiler: The Sheriff of Nottingham is not ''the Sheriff'' from the original tale about Robin Hood. Instead, this Sheriff gets killed before Robin Hood and his followers even move to the Sherwood Forrest, and Will Scarlet becomes the new Sheriff who will continue the fight against Robin Hood.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Downplayed. While the film does appear to have some darkness to it, this version doesn't seem as "gritty" as the [[Film/RobinHood2010 2010 adaptation]] starring Creator/RussellCrowe.

* BlackBestFriend: Little John is one to Robin Hood in this adaptation.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The uniforms Robin and other soldiers wear during the Crusades look like medieval versions of flak jackets commonly worn by soldiers in the Middle East. The way they draw their bows are also not dissimilar to how said soldiers hold assault rifles, automatic crossbows resembling machinegun fire and bundled arrow launchers evoking rocket-propelled grenades. Also, the Sheriff of Nottingham is introduced giving a speech which greatly resembles George W. Bush's "they hate our freedoms" speech.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The uniforms Robin and other soldiers wear during the Crusades look like medieval versions of flak jackets commonly worn by soldiers in the Middle East. The way they draw their bows are also not dissimilar to how said soldiers hold assault rifles, automatic crossbows resembling machinegun fire and bundled arrow launchers evoking rocket-propelled grenades. Also, the Sherriff of Nottingham is introduced giving a speech which greatly resembles George W. Bush's "they hate our freedoms" speech.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The Church, specifically the Cardinal, are the force driving the Sheriff to greater acts of extorting the population as the film goes on.

* SpiritualSuccessor: A highly stylized reimagining of a well-known English legend with intentional AnachronismStew? Pretty much ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword'' [[RecycledInSpace except with Robin Hood]].

* HaHaHaNo: The Sherrif and the priest laugh at Friar Tuck's suggestion, then the priest [[SuddenlyShouting suddenly shouts]] at them both to [[BigShutUp be quiet]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The uniforms Robin and other soldiers wear during the Crusades look like medieval versions of flak jackets commonly worn by soldiers in the Middle East. The way they draw their bows are also not dissimilar to how said soldiers hold assault rifles, automatic crossbows resembling machinegun fire and bundled arrow launchers evoking rocket-propelled grenades.

* SmokeAndFireFactory: It's not clear what they are mining in Nottingham (although it is implied to iron, [[AtrtisticLicenseGeology which raises its own issues]]), but the process requires sending blasts of fire skywards at regular intervals. Lack of even the most rudimentary safety measures can probably be {{Handwaved}} as it being the middle ages.

* SmokeAndFireFactory: It's not clear what they are mining in Nottingham (although it is implied to iron, [[AtrtisticLicenceGeography which raises its own issues]]), but the process requires sending blasts of fire skywards at regular intervals. Lack of even the most rudimentary safety measures can probably be {{Handwaved}} as it being the middle ages.

* OutrunTheFireball: In a variant, Robin and Gisborne outran a cascade of molten iron the spills out of an upset crucible and comes racing towards them.