While David Mackenzie has received acclaim for his work on his brutal prison drama Starred Up , it wasn’t until Hell or High Water that he was recognized as one of the most gifted genre storytellers of his generation. Hell or High Water may have been easy to describe as a heist and getaway thriller, but it turned into an operatic neo-Western about family legacy and the oppressive nature of powerful banks in Texas. Given that Hell or High Water was a critical success and a Best Picture nominee, it only made sense that Mackenzie would team up with Chris Pine for another epic thriller . Instead of returning to the wild west, they chose to make Outlaw King , a biopic about the famous Scottish freedom fighter Robert the Bruce.

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