The New Cut of ‘Outlaw King’ Is an Improvement, But the Netflix Epic Still Drags

The 1990s were chock full of bloody historical epics fronted by very manly men. Daniel Day-Lewis lead Michael Mann’s thoughtful Last of the Mohicans; Mel Gibson pulled off both 13th Century Scotland in Braveheart and the American Revolution in The Patriot; and Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves won a boatload of Oscars. But as visual effects improved and audiences flocked to films like Independence Day, the historical epic genre started to fade away, and it’s been pretty much dormant for quite some time. Which makes the existence of the Netflix original film Outlaw King in and …

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