film / 2026
The Death of Robin Hood
An aging Robin Hood confronts the violence behind his legend while receiving care from a mysterious woman.
Verified facts
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Director
- Michael Sarnoski
- Released
- 2026
- Origin
- United States
PlotGeeks explainer signals
Why read this explainer
Keep Robin's actual violence separate from the story he leaves Margaret about John. His confession and his gift of the bow carry different parts of that legacy.
PlotGeeks note
The priory places Robin in the care of someone whose suffering his legend leaves out. His confession exposes violence that the heroic story about John does not preserve.
Timeline
Major events
- Little John asks for help
Recovering his farm draws Robin back into lethal violence.
- Robin reaches the priory
Wounded and using another name, he receives care from Sister Brigid.
- The refuge exposes old losses
Robin learns that people sheltering him suffered because of his past.
- Margaret releases the arrow
Robin dies after choosing bloodletting, giving Margaret a bow and telling her about John.
Story in 60 Seconds
The short version
An aging Robin Hood lives apart from the heroic stories told about him, haunted by people he killed. Little John draws him into a violent attempt to recover a farm and family. Wounded in the reprisals, Robin is taken by John to an island priory, where Sister Brigid nurses him under the name Randolph. After John is killed, Robin protects his daughter Margaret while suspecting another newcomer of pursuing revenge. The refuge offers a chance to stop killing, although its inhabitants carry losses that reach directly into the past he conceals.
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Robin learns that Brigid's family died through his actions and confesses his identity. He eventually asks her to let him die through bloodletting. Margaret receives a bow and a heroic account of her father's friendship with him, then shoots as Robin dies. His decision ends his own violence while leaving the child a selective version of its history.
Original context
Why it matters
The legend survives its subject
Robin's death cannot compensate the families he harmed. The bow and final tale instead show how a comforting legend can continue after its teller has acknowledged his guilt.
Key turning points
Recognizing the cost of refuge
Brigid's history makes Robin's concealment impossible to dismiss as a harmless alias. The person preserving his life has already paid for the violence behind his reputation.
Character links
Who connects to whom
Character motivations
Protecting Margaret's memory
Robin wants Margaret to retain a loving account of John. That wish also repeats his habit of keeping brutal facts outside the stories people tell about outlaws.