Insulting!

Rating: 6/10 (22 December 2019)

Did the writers of this garbage go to the Mel Gibson school of history? Artistic licence can be acceptable sometimes, but this was too much. After the first few minutes, watching the far-too-young Hotspur speaking (like his father) with a decidedly unNorthumbrian accent at the dinner table, I knew this was going to be a travesty.
The costumes and period settings were fine, and the acting too, however, after 42 minutes, I gave up. Not wanting to be pedantic, I missed the Battle of Shrewsbury, because according to this nonsense it DID NOT TAKE PLACE. Anyone with the slightest historical knowledge knew that this was one of the most important battles in English history. The first between 2 English armies using longbows against each other. And where was the King? Henry IV had an army of 28,000 against Hotspur's 14,00 (Owen Glendower never turned up in time to help out). Prince Henry was carried from the field with an arrow through his head, and Hotspur took a fatal one in the eye.
There was no need for Falstaff (played by one of the writers) because he didn't exist. I wasn't going to stay with this for the Battle of Agincourt: apart from having a fair idea how it actually went, I have been on that battlefield and wasn't going to watch more fiction.
Finally, the idea of Prince Hal beating Hotspur in a one-on-one fight is ridiculous. I'm being generous, giving this 6.