I'm not sure what age group this was made for, but I think maybe it's more for 14 year old girls rather than adults.
The story is kind of pointless. The actions of the characters (especially Elizabeth) are just annoying, and the acting is pretty poor.
You have an obnoxious female character, a pretty useless highwayman, and a villain who is kind of over the top evil. It was predictable and nothing new. The whole thing didn't work for me.
I watched it as it was rated over 7, but IMDB is just so full of fake reviews and ratings these days that the rating doesn't really mean much anymore.
This is definitely not a 9 or 10 star movie, unless you are buddies with he director or one of the main actors.
I wouldn't bother with this one.
The Highwayman
2022
Action / Adventure
The Highwayman
2022
Action / Adventure
Plot summary
Famed highway robber Dick Turpin finds himself on the run in the English countryside having accidentally kidnapped the Earl of Pembroke's feisty daughter, Elizabeth. As her fiance Winthroppe attempts to track them down, Elizabeth begins to fall for the dashing highwayman, leaving Turpin with no choice but to face off against Winthroppe in a fight for Elizabeth's heart - and her fortune.
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Dull and painful to watch
Almost bad enough to be good
The fun starts in the opening scene. The Highwayman hero, brandishing a flintlock pistol, stands in the road as a coach approaches. As the coach comes into view, the highwayman fires his pistol into the air (a warning shot, no doubt) then he points the pistol at the coach and demands, "Your money or your life!" He has already spent his load! 18th century flintlocks were not repeating firearms. What kind of highwayman threatens a victim with an empty gun? THIS kind of nonsensically written, low-budget, poorly acted highwayman is the kind of hero that almost entertains in this shoddy piece of almost funny escapism.
The film makers try hard but just do not achieve Ed Wood standards of humor. The sets are a bit too tidy, and the actors lack that sense of devotion to the material despite the odds that could have made this a true gem, like say, Beretta's Island. Rather, it just muddles along, content with its own mediocrity, failing to rise to the genuine entertainment of a truly bad movie.
Avoid
Normally I would give a film like this a 1, but because this is such a low budget affair, I gave it one extra 1.
Poorly acted written and directed, I cannot find much to recommend it to to the discerning viewer.