Warrior Queen (2003)

Warrior Queen (2003)
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ER regular Alex Kingston stars as the title character in this British-produced biopic of first century A.D. "warrior queen" Boudica. After the death of her husband, King Prasutagus (Steven Waddington), the feisty Boudica becomes the leader of the Iceni, a Celtic tribe living in East Anglia. Though Boudica and her followers put up a valiant defense, their homeland is overrun by the Roman legions of the mad emperor Nero (Andrew Lee Potts), who has devised a hellish scheme to put the "ginger bitch" in her place. Beaten and bound by the conquering soldiers, Boudica is forced to watch as her daughters are brutally raped. Assuming that the Iceni queen has been humbled and no longer poses a threat to the Empire, Nero spares her life -- which turns out to be one of the emperor's biggest errors in judgment, as the vengeful Boudica and her army set about to prove in bloodthirsty fashion that she is, to paraphrase a much-later British monarch, a queen with "the heart and stomach of a king." In America, Warrior Queen proved to be an uncharacteristically violent Masterpiece Theatre offering when it was broadcast over PBS in the fall of 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Alex KingstonHugo Speer, (more)
Director(s):
Bill Anderson
Format(s):
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Synopsis of Warrior Queen

ER regular Alex Kingston stars as the title character in this British-produced biopic of first century A.D. "warrior queen" Boudica. After the death of her husband, King Prasutagus (Steven Waddington), the feisty Boudica becomes the leader of the Iceni, a Celtic tribe living in East Anglia. Though Boudica and her followers put up a valiant defense, their homeland is overrun by the Roman legions of the mad emperor Nero (Andrew Lee Potts), who has devised a hellish scheme to put the "ginger bitch" in her place. Beaten and bound by the conquering soldiers, Boudica is forced to watch as her daughters are brutally raped. Assuming that the Iceni queen has been humbled and no longer poses a threat to the Empire, Nero spares her life -- which turns out to be one of the emperor's biggest errors in judgment, as the vengeful Boudica and her army set about to prove in bloodthirsty fashion that she is, to paraphrase a much-later British monarch, a queen with "the heart and stomach of a king." In America, Warrior Queen proved to be an uncharacteristically violent Masterpiece Theatre offering when it was broadcast over PBS in the fall of 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
90 mins

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Director(s):
Bill Anderson
Writer(s):
Andrew Davies
Producer(s):
Matthew Bird
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Renae M.

Twice I have rented this movie. If you are interested in movies with early history of the why and hows of the roman army and how they could not take Scotland/England with the help of a druid priest, the courage of women, men, children and the joining of other local clans to save their land from slavery then you will like this movie.

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Emerita A.

Well done movie on such a low budget. I really recommend this movie to everyone.

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ALLEN W.

Anyone familiar with the PBS Masterpiece Theatre presented by that oil company knows that money was not a factor in these wonderful reenactments of history. This movie should be labeled a great adaptation of what it was like in the time period as well as the life of a Queen. Absolutely loved this and hope to find more like it.

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