Outlaw King is a purposeful but empty bid for Netflix’s filmmaking legitimacy

9:25am PDT - September 10th, 2018    definition - The Verge

Chris Pine stars in a grim and bloody historical epic about the Scottish succession wars and prospective king Robert the Bruce. It’s the definition of a “prestige picture,” a film that’s more admirable than enjoyable. But it was clearly made to be seen on the…