Outlaw King
The movie we are going to read today is about former rebel who became the king of Scotland and fought against the army of the conquering England despite the lack of manpower. This movie is the United Kingdom action war movie released in 2018 titled “OUTLAW KING” directed by Davis Mackenzie with a duration of 2 hours and 1 minute starring Chris Pine (Robert Bruce), Stephen Dillane (King Edward I), and Rebecca Robin (Queen Margaret of England).
Year 1304 in Scotland the King died without an heir to the throne. The rebels, who included Robert Bruce and John Comyn both claimants to the throne surrendered and swore allegiance to England’s King Edward while the next crowned king of Scotland had not been revealed to the two.
England will rule the country first and receive taxes from the people after the oath of allegiance Robert was challenged by the King’s son Edward II to a duel. Their fathers were friends so they often met and faced each other before. However, the Prince harbored a grudge against the Scots, but the King’s father summoned him to reprimand the behavior.
Another man wanted the petition the King named James Douglas to get back the land taken from his parents but the King refused it because of his unfaithful father. In the evening at a party the son of the Marshall of the King’s army who is also his grandson was paired with Robert as a bride. Sign of the unity of the two countries.
After King Edward of England returned home, Robert’s father was very confident that the crown would be given to them because their friendship with the King. They also went home to their castle, it wasn’t long before Robert’s fiancee Elizabeth arrived brought by the prince. She met Robert’s daughter Marjorie his wife died in childbirth.
The two also got married immediately despite not knowing each other yet. One day the King’s soldier came to take men to be warriors that they should not refuse but the child also wanted to be included. Elizabeth stopped it and introduced herself that her father was the Senior Marshall of their army.
Robert was surprised by what his wife had done and admired her courage which greatly pleased Elizabeth. That night Robert talked to his father about how they become friend with King Edward. He was afraid that he might have made the mistake trusting the King. Later, Robert’s father was taken away and immediately buried even though the funeral was over Robert wasted no time.
He bought the tax for England to the town when they left they saw a riot.The King killed William the former leader of the Scots rebellion which angered everyone. Robert sent Elizabeth out because she was English and talked to the brothers for organizing a rebellion against England despite their oath to King Edward.
After that Elizabeth talked to him for ignoring her opinion. She said that no matter what decision he takes she will remain his wife. Early next day they left to talk John Comyn in a church. He tried to persuade him to join the rebellion but John refuse and threatened to inform King Edward of his planned strike because of this Robert killed the competitor in crown who also knew colleague that he will betray.
Despite what Robert did, the priests forgave him and supported him to become King of Scotland if he could supported the catholic church. At Scone Robert was crowned to be legal but it was close to England. Meanwhile King Edward was angry to know what Robert had done. The King declared him a bandit and sent the Prince to suppress him that anyone who helped him would be punished by death.
At the meeting of the council of the nobility of the Scots majority and refused to break their oaths to the King of England. In addition to lack of support Robert still headed to be crowned as King of Scotland as they traveled they met James Douglas on the way who was thought to be an enemy.
He surrendered to serve Robert as a protector for life whose goal was to recover the parents land that was stolen from him. In England the Kinng had a ceremony before sending the Prince. The new King of Scots is currently being crowned, who is only supported by a few nobles before the Prince arrives to act Aymer de Valence Comyn’s brother-in-law who serves the King of England to face the new King of Scots.
Robert asked him to return their land but he was stubborn and challenged him to a fight. Robert suggests that they face him in a duel so that no one else will suffer. Valence agreed but they had to delay first because today is Sunday as respect.
That night, while Robert was happily with family the England led by Valence launched a surprise attack. Robert immediately sent his wife , daughter and brother to Kildrummy to his royal friend and faced the England army in a uncertain battle because of the unexpected attack they were forced to retreat by their remaining comrades.
Valence fails to kills Robert in the attack so he announces a reward for anyone who can teach him. Robert’s group managed to survive with only 50 people left. On their journey they met Macdougall he encouraged him to form an alliance with them to fight together for Scotland but he refused because he killed Comyn who was his cousin.
Meanwhile the Queen with Robert’s daughter has arrived at Kildrummy led by Lord Simon Fraser to hide there first. The Prince attacked all the castles that supported Robert. Robert intended to go to Aile to hide there for a while but they only a few boats to use while they were trying to cross they were attacked by Macdougall’s group which led to the death of some colleagues.
Robert immediately returned to help but he saw his brother killed. James killed Macdougall and the group immediately fled trying to cling to the boat to survive. When the Prince arrived he was furious with Valence for not waiting for him and Robert escaped.
He threatened to punish him with death if he did not catch him. The Prince was informed of the whereabouts of his wife and child. The Prince attacked the Kildrummy Lord Frazer lets Elizabeth and Robert’s daughter escape by passing through the back. They also let the Prince in so that the castle wouldn’t be damaged when the Prince found out about Elizabeth’s whereabouts they denied it but the soldiers caught them and forced Robert’s brother to admit to him whereabouts that he really didn’t know anything about.
When he could not teach his brother, he was sentenced to death by the Prince and Lord Frazer. Elizabeth was taken to England to be imprisoned. Despite this, Robert continued to look for someone to fight with but Lord Mackinnon of Skye rejected him because it was impossible for them to win with just a few people. Robert hopes that he will change his mind in due time and he is ready to wait.
Later, Their group finally reached Aile to stay there first. In England Robert’s daughter was taken by a nun from Elizabeth to be separated from her. A few days later Robert heard that Kildrummy had fallen and the the Prince taken his daughter and wife because of this Robert decided to return to take back Kildrummy in the style of bandits through an acquaintance who would bring wood into the castle.
They were able to get inside without any obvious threat, then they attacked the English soldiers until they defeated them all and burned it so that it could not be used by the enemies. James’ father’s land was also close to the place he asked to take it back so Robert gave him a companion to help him regain his land.
James immediately went as they did the attack, during the prayer time there the made the plan t attack the soldiers without holding weapons. They successfully defeated him and freed everyone who had been enslaved by the English, James also sent Robert Bruce the the King of Scouts to serve.
In England when the King heard that Robert was attacking their castles in Scotland. The Prince promised that they would not let the King down again while Robert’s group defeated the English one by one. There are also a few who want to join their fight for freedom.
The crown was returned to Robert but he hid it while they were still in the middle of the match. The child who carried it promised to keep it for the rest of his life. Meanwhile Elizabeth’s parents arrived at the English prison, much to her delight. The prince offered him freedom in exchange for annulling her marriage to Robert. Elizabeth did not agree with the wishes of the Prince causing her to imprisoned again and now she is in a hanging prison, the situation is even more difficult because of Robert’s attack King Edward himself led the way to Scotland to capture him but during the journey the King’s body was unable to continue before he died, he instructed the Prince to always take his bones with him in battle until Robert’s head was cut off. The King also lost his life there but the Prince did not keep his promise to his father and continued on his journey.
It turns out that Robert was watching the arrival of the English and hurried back to prepare and plan to set traps for them. They worked together to dig in to build defenses against the English that would weaken their forces. There were also those who came to help then who were surprised to see the King digging together.
Meanwhile, the Prince’s army of about 3,000 arrived and James stopped them on the road to inform them that the King of Scots had sent them to face them tomorrow in battle at a nearby hill called Loud and Hill. There the Prince’s army spent the night with great confidence that they would win the battle with the size of their forces.
Robert’s team was only 500 strong and surely could not fight the English, but with the preparations they made they still hoped to win. Lord Mackinnon came there recognizing that he is now King and he apologized for not giving up on him before however, Robert accepted it and joined their fight.
The next day, Robert’s group is ready to fight for the freedom of their country. The prince’s army has also arrived in the area ready for battle before it even begins Robert encourages his colleagues to fight for honor and for in the country.
After this, The English began to rush in large forces as expected they fell into the trap set by Robert which weakened them so easily that the unhorsed Scouts defeated them. The English tried to avoid passing through the front led by Valence which angered the Prince.
What he did was that Robert actually made a hole there because around it there was deep mud that they certainly couldn’t pass through. There was a fierce battle even the Prince rushed forward but his horse also fell due to the loss of the horse of the English and their army was defeated because they were forced to retreat which means that they were defeated by the Scots.
In the end the Scots were very happy that they had won the battle and the Prince was left behind. Robert faced it in a fight while his companions watched them. The Prince lost the fight and screamed for help but he was left there alone.
Despite this, Robert let him live and there everyone celebrated their victory against the English. After that Robert saw the child struggling for life with the crown still in his hand until he lost his life. Robert later recovered the daughter and Elizabeth was also freed in England. She and Robert met again and started a family together.
This is where the movie Outlaw King ends. I hope you like it. Thank you very much.
Main Cast of Outlaw King
| Chris Pine Robert Bruce |
| Stephen Dillane King Edward I of England |
| Rebecca Robin Queen of Margaret of England |
| Billy Howle Prince Edward |
| Sam Spruell Aymer de Valence |
| Callan Mulvey John Comyn |
| James Cosmo Robert Bruce Senior |
| Aaron Taylor-Johnson James Douglas |
| Florence Pugh Elizabeth de Burgh |
| Josie O’Brien Marjorie Bruce |
| Tam Dean Burn John Macdougall |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- When was Outlaw King released?
- November 2018
- How long is Outlaw King?
- 2 hours and 1 minute
- Who stars in Outlaw King?
- Chris Pine (Robert Bruce)
- Stephen Dillane (King Edward I)
- Rebecca Robin (Queen of Margaret of England)
- Who directed Outlaw King?
- David Mackenzie
- What genre is Outlaw King?
- action
- biographical
- historucal
- drama
- Who was editor of Outlaw King?
- Jake Roberts
- Who wrote Outlaw King?
- David Mackenzie
- Mark Bomback
- Bathsheba Doran
- David Harrower
- James MacInnes
- Who was the producer of Outlaw King?
- David Mackenzie
- Gillian Berrie
- Who was the cinematographer for Outlaw King?
- James Douglas
- Who was the composer for Outlaw King?
- Tony Doogan
