Pranav Nair

Loved this movie, the acting and the costume+set design were the highlight for me. Chris Pine did a pretty convincing job portraying Robert the Bruce, alongside his co-actors who also did an admirable job. But what stands out the most for me are the costume. Finally hollywood realizes the Scots didn't wear quilts during the Medieval period *cough* Braveheart *cough*. Okay, I agree the battle scenes in Braveheart looked more epic than the ones in this movie, but at least this movie doesn't portray the Scots in war severely blue-collared that they wear quilts and fight with sticks unlike the former one. Pine along with Aaron Taylor-Johnson did a pretty decent job in keeping an authentic Scottish accent throughout the film, although the latter one seemed to struggle with it a wee bit during his screen time. Overall, this movie filled me with a great delight. But I'd admit that the climax felt a bit flat and tad bit illogical. I'll give The Outlaw King a good 8/10. Definitely worth watch if you're into history and want to learn how Robert the Bruce, the actual Braveheart spearheaded The First War of Scottish Independence (this movie has few inaccuracies too,but most of them are somehow justified by the limited runtime of the movie).

As a movie it is still pretty decent, and may amuse the audience who are not aware of the real story which inspired this movie. What frustrates me the most is, its historically very very inaccurate. Over dramatisation of certain scenes has been frequently noticed. Overall, it just passes the threshold of being call an "average movie" for me.