The Woman King

The Woman King

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Drama, History
  • Stars: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega, Jayme Lawson, Sheila Atim, Adrienne Warren, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Angélique Kidjo, Jordan Bolger, Masali Baduza, Jimmy Odukoya, Thando Dlomo, Tuks Tad Lungu, Makgotso M, Chioma Antoinette Umeala, Shaina West
  • Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
 Comments
  • bari_yusi - 27 May 2024
    Action, drama, history... you have eveything
    It was a pleasant surprise "The Woman King". I started to watch the movie without any high expectations but it turned out to be really good and entertaining movie.

    It has lot of action, sword combat and bloody scenes. It has good drama and good background monents, it has historical elements about the female dahomey warriors, it has good setting and atmosphere and magnificent acting performances from the majority pf the cast lead by Viola Davis and supported by great great performances by Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, the only weak spot was maybe the John Boyega's out of tune performance.

    Good entertainment with great acting and drama.

    8.0/10.
  • kristinbauer1 - 22 October 2023
    10 stars for the acting and 1 for everything else
    I think it's worth seeing for the acting. Viola is incredible.

    The rest of it....look, days of thunder is not actually what driving a race car is like. The Last Samurai was also made up. So why should this be any different???

    For me, I sure wish it had been.

    It was like a marvel movie!

    It could have been so much more. Historically it's nonsense. The King actually had zero desire to end slave trading. In fact he didn't end it and in Fact even after his reign his people sold more slaves than ever. And in Fact those palm plantations sold in this made up version as 100% organic free range ethical...also used slaves. But I guess Hollywood thinks people want good guys and bad Guys and anti-slavers and pro slavers. It's just dumb. I don't know. Maybe people are that dumb.

    Also there was no actual person of the character that Viola played. Made up. That's fine I suppose but I highly doubt at this time period a violent tribe had any qualms about enslaving other tribes, female or no. The slave trade ended from Africa to Europeans because it ended in Europe.

    (And then the French wiped out the dehomey. That's why In west Africa they speak French.)

    Whatever. But when I'm watching the movie and a West African king starts saying politically now diatribe I'm taken out of the movie. The Brazilian who came to buy slaves was also so much more interesting in real life. He traded Africans and lived in Africa, had African wives and followed dehomey customs! Fascinating. The move version character was as flat as I was when I was 9. Why do people have this obsession with cleaning up human history?? It's actually so much more layered and complex And messy AND INTERESTING Than Hollywood will allow. So childish and lacks Artistic integrity, it's cowardly and well, lame.

    I'm weary of overly polished action flicks. I hate being treated like I have the intellect of an 8 yr old. Im all grown up and think truth is much more interesting than this kind of fiction. Huge Hollywood studios are terribly scared. I would be too if I forked out 200 million dollars, but I'd rather have some integrity and entertain while elevating Life with understanding of humans true history. Or I'd rather just give 200 million to end the current ivory trade and feed Kids.

    But viola is fabulous!!!