For your viewing pleasure, Collider presents some pictures of Russell Crowe looking pissed off. The good news is, they weren't taken at the Mercer Hotel and a blood-caked telephone is nowhere to be seen. Rather, they're international posters for director Ridley Scott's highly anticipated Robin Hood. They feature Crowe (apparently fresh off a screening of Zombieland) in close-up, pointing a ready-to-fire bow and arrow menacingly right at your face.
The message here seems to be in line with that of the original North American trailer: Robin Hood is a badass and this summer you should come watch him do lots of badass stuff. In many ways, it's reminiscent of the campaign that launched Zack Snyder's 300. I know some people have taken issue with this, but I'm really not concerned. With a name like Ridley Scott attached, you know you're in store for a film that has substance in addition to spectacular visuals.
Hit the jump for the posters and the official synopsis.
'Robin Hood' chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard's army against the French. Upon Richard's death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion, a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff. With their country weakened from decades of war, embattled from the ineffective rule of the new king and vulnerable to insurgencies from within and threats from afar, Robin and his men heed a call to ever greater adventure. This unlikeliest of heroes and his allies set off to protect their country from slipping into bloody civil war and return glory to England once more.
Robin Hood stars also Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Danny Huston, and Max von Sydow.
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