''Boudica'' (or sometimes ''Boudica: Queen of War''), is a British 2023 action drama film directed and written by

Jesse V. Johnson Jesse V. Johnson is a British film director, screenwriter and stunt coordinator, born on 29 November 1971 in Winchester, England. Johnson has made primarily action films. These include the 2009 revenge thriller '' The Butcher'' and the crime d ...

. The film follows the eponymous Celtic warrior of the Iceni people,

Boudica Boudica or Boudicca (, known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as ()), was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She ...

, in Roman Britain and how she

revolted In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

against the Romans after the death of her husband, Prasutagus. The film stars Olga Kurylenko as the titular character. The film received generally negative reviews.

Plot

Prasutagus and his wife,

are the King and Queen of the Iceni people. The King dies at the hands of Roman soldiers, leaving Boudica's kingdom without a male

heir Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual. The rules of inheritance differ among societies and have changed over time. Officiall ...

, and the Romans seize her land and property.

Production

Filming took place in various locations across the United Kingdom. Film crew were spotted filming in St Lawrence's Church in Ipswich. The roundhouse was filmed in Hadleigh.

Release

The film was released on

Amazon Prime Video Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, is an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming and Renting, rental service of Amazon (c ...

on 30 October 2023. Boudica was made available on Netflix in the United Kingdom. It was listed without the

subtitle Subtitles and captions are lines of dialogue or other text displayed at the bottom of the screen in films, television programs, video games or other visual media. They can be transcriptions of the screenplay, translations of it, or informati ...

'Queen of War'.

Reception

Critical response

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives ''Boudica: The Queen of War'' a 40% rating based on 15 reviews and an average of 4.4. One review by Bilge Ebiri of ''New York'' said: "It’s like a dimestore ''

Braveheart ''Braveheart'' is a 1995 American historical drama film directed and produced by, and starring Mel Gibson. Gibson portrays Sir William Wallace, a late-13th century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence ag ...

'': It might not have the sweep of those old-school period action films, but it’s still thrilling and passionate and filled with bloodcurdling, wall-to-wall violence."

Plot

Production

Release

Reception

Critical response

See also

References

External links