Robin de Locksley

Robin (Devon Sawa) is a middle schooler who has just moved to the Seattle area with his folks. Originally from Kansas, Robin's parents won big money in the lottery and decided to change their lives. Initially, Robin is not happy to leave his friends and get enrolled in a snooty private academy. Naturally, he is picked on but makes friends with other outcasts like Little John and Marion (Sarah Chalke). Also, Robin excels in archery but is not allowed to join the school's exclusive arrow club. He promptly starts his own. Even more amazing, as a computer whiz, Robin starts to siphon off money from the school's biggest board member, to aid a fellow student whose home burned down. Yet, soon the school is hunting vigorously for the culprit. Will they be able to track down Robin and nail him? Can Robin win the school's archery tournament and the heart of Maid Marion? This modern day twist on an old, old story is quite fun and creative. Sawa makes a great teen hero while Chalke and all of the other cast members are a joy. The lovely scenery and fine costumes, dialogue and direction add up to hearty entertainment. Any child who views it will be tickled and, most likely, will search out the legends of the real Robin Hood of Locksley.

It was 3 years ago when my parents and my brother wanted to visit our village,and because of having a lesson I had to stay with my grandma in Athens.Having absolutely nothing to do,I turned on the TV.I came across a film who was about to start and I decided to watch it.I didn't manage to see the opening titles from the beginning,so I didn't know what I was watching.It was,otherwise,an amazing film.It contained everything:friendship,excitement,love story...I just loved it!When I opened a TV-guide to inform myself about the movie,I found out that in the time that it was broadcasting,a soap opera was to be broadcasted,so I got confused,because I really enjoyed the film,it changed my life and my relationship with my friends,as you see.I searched in 10 different TV-guides and only one of them mentioned that a film named "Robin of Locksley"was to be broadcasted.I cut this page but I lost it, and after that I searched many times in order to find more information(I knew only the title!),but only after 3 whole years I managed to find information here!I hope to find it on the Videostore so as to watch it again!!!!!!!!!I really recommend this film!

I have laugh all time Colin Cunningham is amazing!!! Great cast

There are a couple of things wrong with this movie. The first is the increasingly groan-inducing efforts to marry it up with the legend of Robin Hood - the title character is named Robin; he attends Locksley Academy; his love interest is called Marian; his friends are Will Scarlet and John Little; his main protaganist is John Prince; and the local priest is Father Tuck. I was waiting for the Sheriff of Nottingham to appear and sure enough.... The movie actually lifts several scenes right out of the Robin Hood stories. I guess that's easier for script writers than coming up with ideas of your own. Still, I guess every movie needs some sort of gimmick and the Robin Hood parallels is this one's.

The second problem with this movie is that it has unfortunately dated itself very badly with its heavy reliance on now outdated technology as part of the plot. You can't blame the writers for that but I do wonder if the tech savvy kids of today will relate to a character that has to use dial-up internet and a computer that looks like it runs the old Netscape browser and Windows 3.1. When Robin tells Marian about his use of the internet, she looks at him blankly and asks him what the internet is. Oddly enough, even though Robin's internet is so far behind what we have today, his computer has a level of voice recognition and voice control that Alexa, Google and Siri are still aspiring to.

Anyway, these things aside, this is not the worst family movie I have ever watched. It's fairly predictable and not really exciting, but I guess the kids might like it. There's not much here for adults to enjoy though, but you'll probably have to watch it with the kids anyway, so you can explain dial up internet and other archaic tech that will be completely alien to them. 5 out of 10.

This movie had Josua Jackson and Devon Sawa in it need I say more? It was really cool Josh did play a bad guy but this movie was the best!! It was a really good movie and I am surprized more people did not see it it is on tv now. Hope it is on tv again soon because I have not seen it for a while.