Robin Hood is as much about a great Hollywood blockbuster movie as it is a return to the big screen for Oscar winner Russell Crowe.

Crowe stars as the legendary figure known by all generations and one that has been the centre of numerous films in the past.

This, the 2010 version of Robin Hood sees the main character travel to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marian  (Cate Blanchett).

She is skeptical of the identity and motivations of the man. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marian and salvage the village, Robin assembles a brutal gang who work together to take from the rich, and give to the poor.

Together, they begin preying on the rich upper class civilians to even out the injustices made by the town  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.

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Robin Hood will be released on May 14 in most cinemas around Australia.