First aired on the Showtime cable TV network, this fair family feature reinvents the Robin Hood legend in a modern-day, prep-school setting.

Robin McAllister (Devon Sawa) is a bright 16-year-old whose parents have turned into jet-setting scatterbrains since winning millions in a lottery. Robin, left on his own most of the time, attends an exclusive private school called Locksley. There, bully John Prince Jr. (Joshua Jackson) and his posse terrorize new arrivals and run the student archery club like their own personal fiefdom. The spineless principal and teachers do nothing because John's father (Tom Butler) heads a multi-billion-dollar corporation. Barred from the Locksley target range, Robin soon gathers his own small band of merry boys, like slingshot marksman Will Scarlett (Billy O'Sullivan) and beefy John Little (Tyler Labine), plus the obligatory girl-next-door Marian (Sarah Chalke). When a child is injured in a fire and needs a series of operations, Robin uses his computer-hacking skills to rob from the rich (the Prince corporate treasury) and give to the poor (a church-based fund for the hospitalized boy, run by a certain Father Tuck). Robin transfers $30,000 to the obscure charity. Miserly Mr. Prince notices, and his alert brings a visit from supercilious FBI Agent Walter Nottingham (Colin Cunningham), who suspects everyone from John Prince Jr. to Robin McAllister's parents. At Locksley's traditional medieval festival, swarms of Feds prepare to make an arrest. A costumed Robin first bests John Prince Jr. in an archery tournament, then confesses all. Sensing a public-relations mess, Mr. Prince declines to press charges and commits to further charitable donations.

To paraphrase a famous vice-presidential debate, we know Robin Hood. We like Robin Hood. And thou, ROBIN OF LOCKSLEY, art no Robin Hood. It is admittedly a clever concept that misses no opportunity to evoke the celebrated bandit of Sherwood Forest, right down to some awful puns, but it lacks the enduring appeal of the historical Robin Hood arising from romance and high adventure. ROBIN OF LOCKSLEY instead concentrates on voice-pattern software and how to manipulate dummy bank accounts via modem. There's little chance for swashbuckling in a milieu in which the worst that could happen is being sent to the principal's office. The all-is-forgiven finale particularly falls flat.

Sawa is a likable hero and, though no substitute for Errol Flynn, a cut above many teen protagonists in movies. The young thespians play their parts relatively straight, while most of the adult actors overdo it.

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In a modern-day twist on the Robin Hood legend an empathetic teen new to a snooty private school goes out of his way to outwit the bullies and help the less fortunate. Along the way he encounters nasty FBI agent Nottingham and a beautiful girl named Marian.

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In this romantic adventure, the legend of Robin Hood is updated and greatly revised. This version sets the tale in modern times and centers on the love story between a gifted high-school archer and an attractive, but distressed young woman.

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This cinematic lark updates the Robin Hood legend to the computer age. After his folks win the lottery and leave for vacation, young Robin McAllister is enrolled in an esteemed boarding school in Locksley. There, the gifted archer and hacker runs afoul of some intimidating rich kids, whose antics annoy him. Then Robin meets Marian, a pretty horseback rider. With her help, he creates a plan to raise money for a poor classmate and a group of outcasts. A pesky Fed, Agent Nottingham, gets wind of cyber-savvy Robin's wealth redistribution scheme and tails him. Soon Robin's parents will return, so the boy must act fast to circumvent the troublesome people in his world... and woo Marian. With one hand on his desktop and the other on his bow, Robin prepares for his greatest challenges.

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After his parents win the lottery, archery and computer whiz Robin McCallister is put in Locksley, a private boys school. Disgusted by the rich bullies there, he concocts a brilliant, daring plan to help a poor classmate.

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