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There was an English film around the same time which got buried due to the Costner film https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102797/
I remember seeing it way back but can't recall anything about it. They also change the names of the villains.
I tried the Jamie Foxx one and had to turn it off. Everything looked wrong, the costumes, actors everything. The opening battle scene looked like modern warfare.
Crowe's one was just terrible I agree. And how does a New Zealander fail at a Brit accent? I didn't last long with it and turned that off as well.
Not sure what the original intent of the film was but then my fave Robin Hood film with Errol Flynn is also quite campy. Whereas I tried watching the one with Russell Crowe and turned it off after 20 minutes because it seemed miserable. I think I may have tried watching the one they did after that too and it was also terrible. So perhaps it is what it is. I haven't watched the other Robin Hood film that came out around the same time as this one and was buried due to it. But it is on my viewing list so will see if they did it any better or differently.
I watched this film with my family including grandparents and the violence was not even noted. I don't think it is a problem.
I remember Costner's accent being the only "controversy". I don't think anyone thought about the violence or darker aspects, some of which are more vaudevillian in their comedy like when Rickman separates Marion's legs during his attempted rape of her and how in the middle of it the Witch hands Rickman a pillow for her head which even causes Marion to break 4th wall and look at the camera.
I watched the film again recently and Christian Slater's accent and overall performance is more a crime than Costner's.
Hard to really take the film seriously at times it is almost like 2 films edited together given the mix of humour and darker aspects.
What I find more jarring is that the filmmakers seem to never be able to decide if they are making a fun romp or something more serious. Alan Rickman definitely decided early and goes for the laughs but even that contrasts weirdly against the darker themes.