The King Of The Extrajudicial Is a historical film directed by David Mackenzie, starring Chris Pine and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, which embodies brutal political struggles.
Medieval Kings of England ruled Over Scotland, forcing Scottish nobles to surrender. However, the kings and armies of England were not friendly to the people of Scotland, causing the nobleman Robert The Bruce (Chris Pine) to rebel against English rule after seeing the people being oppressed. He led his men to seize the throne of the King of Scotland and killed the nobles who wanted to send a message. With the help of James Douglas (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), he assembles an army of men to fight against the murderous King Edward I of England and his son, the Prince of Wales.
Unaware of the brutality of the political struggle, Robert Bruce led his wife, daughter, and troops to camp in the woods, only to be attacked by the English army at night and almost completely destroyed. He sent his wife and daughter to his father, but provoked reprisals from the English army. The English army not only bloodied Robert Bruce's castle, but also imprisoned Robert Bruce's wife in a cage and gave his daughter to be raised. Robert Bruce fled with only a few dozen men, and along the way was intercepted by other noble armies, leaving only forty men after crossing the river. He was fully aware of the cruelty of the political struggle, and he also knew that if he wanted to resist, he could only fight violence with violence, and any peace talks and illusions of surrender were unrealistic.
Robert Bruce gathered his men, forgot the chivalry, and adopted the "wolf method of warfare", first attacking his father's castle occupied by the English army, then recruiting soldiers, taking away the useful things that could be taken away, and burning the castles, leaving nothing useful for the English army. They captured one castle after another, and the ranks grew to fight the English army to the death.
King Edward I of England died on his way out with his troops, and his son the Prince of Wales led an army in his place to attack Robert Bruce's army. They devised a strategy of frontal cavalry clashes and massacres, but they did not expect to be calculated by Robert Bruce. Robert Bruce was well aware of the Scottish topography, set up trenches, and inserted wooden signs in the trenches to crack the English cavalry, while the English army was not familiar with the terrain, the labor expedition, the cavalry charged when blocked by the trenches, and was pierced by the wooden signs in the trenches, which was unbearable. The cavalry led by the Prince of Wales encircled the detour, but fell into the swamp and could not extricate themselves.
Robert Bruce led a massive counterattack, defeating the English army in one fell swoop, and also defeating the Prince of Wales, leaving him alone to return to the army. It seems that Robert Bruce spoke of chivalry and did not kill the Prince of Wales, who had been abandoned by the English army, but let him go back so that he did not dare to invade Scotland's territory.
The political struggle ended with the victory of Robert Bruce's side, but he paid a heavy price, a large number of peasants who followed him, his brothers, his father were sacrificed, his daughter was missing, and his wife, although she later returned to him in exchange for prisoners of war, also endured many tribulations. It seems that political struggle has never been calm, nor has it ever been a dinner party, but a violent revolution, and it will surely become the final outcome of one side over the other. Any forbearance and fantasy will bury the fruits of the revolution and will eventually fail unless it can make a comeback and, like Robert Bruce, defeat the invaders with amazing perseverance and leadership to become a veritable king.