The Death of Robin Hood Is a Dull Act of Myth-Killing

The Death of Robin Hood Is a Dull Act of Myth-Killing

The end of Michael Sarnoski’s third full-length feature is in its title: The Death of Robin Hood. We wait it out. We know the iconic intellectual property—the man called Robin Hood—will die, and then he does. Then the film is over; its inevitable and straightforward. Fortunately, Sarnoski is comfortable with inevitability—something we might recall from his first full length, Pig (2021). In it, Nicolas Cage traverses Portland, dreaming of doomsda…