On-screen princesses have been fighting any evil that stands in the way of their happiness or freedom for a good number of years now. But up until now, there hasn't been a fairy tale that was influenced by movies like john Wick or The Raid. Le-Van Kiet's The Princess is a powerful action movie. Joey king works very hard to pull off the action heroine stances and carry out her fighting techniques with grace and accuracy. To maintain the momentum and give the spectator a sense of dread and uncertainty, the camera shifts continually.
The Princess centres on a fictional princess (King) who becomes stuck at the top of a tower in her family's castle and must escape. The Princess appears to be in quite a pickle—drunk, wearing a flowing white wedding gown, and bound. That is, until two of the invading party's thugs accidentally enter the room, at which point the Princess instantly executes both of them with actions unbecoming of a delicate lady. Thus begins her quest to reach the bottom of the tower, which she must complete while avoiding capture, slaying villains, saving her family, and possibly killing her would-be jilted spouse.
The Princess has good action, with several well-staged action scenes to watch without questioning why the primary event is being obscured by editing. From the director of the picture Furie, which also stars Veronica Ngo, one shouldn't anticipate anything different. What could have easily been a tedious action movie is given much-needed kinetic energy by Kiet's direction. The typical fairy tale orchestral composition gets a healthy dose of badassness from Natalie Holt. A delightful counterpoint to the violent propensity of this tale, Lorenzo Senatore's photography captures the brightness of the typical fairy tale with a bit of Disney flare.
When the movie tries to weave a narrative together, it stumbles. There are scenes with Julius, a vengeful and rejected suitor played by Dominic Cooper, that will make you smirk. At best, Cooper's hilarious performance as him suggests that he was playing a stock character in a separate movie. But this film isn't funny enough to make Julius' idiotic presence feel natural. His primary characteristics include being sexist, bigoted, and racist. He is also not particularly intelligent. Flashbacks are occasionally used to describe what happened the night before when Julius seized the castle, but since some crucial context clues are previously given, they are unnecessary.
All things considered, Disney has mostly been supplying audiences with live-action princess fairy tales for years. The Princess is a welcome shift from that tradition. It's a change of pace that continues the recent craze of princesses brandishing swords to defend their lands and families. It's an exciting concept that truly engages with the notion of the Princess rescuing herself to reduce the plot to only the action. The Princess is often a bloody good time.
The Princess centres on a fictional princess (King) who becomes stuck at the top of a tower in her family's castle and must escape. The Princess appears to be in quite a pickle—drunk, wearing a flowing white wedding gown, and bound. That is, until two of the invading party's thugs accidentally enter the room, at which point the Princess instantly executes both of them with actions unbecoming of a delicate lady. Thus begins her quest to reach the bottom of the tower, which she must complete while avoiding capture, slaying villains, saving her family, and possibly killing her would-be jilted spouse.
The Princess has good action, with several well-staged action scenes to watch without questioning why the primary event is being obscured by editing. From the director of the picture Furie, which also stars Veronica Ngo, one shouldn't anticipate anything different. What could have easily been a tedious action movie is given much-needed kinetic energy by Kiet's direction. The typical fairy tale orchestral composition gets a healthy dose of badassness from Natalie Holt. A delightful counterpoint to the violent propensity of this tale, Lorenzo Senatore's photography captures the brightness of the typical fairy tale with a bit of Disney flare.
When the movie tries to weave a narrative together, it stumbles. There are scenes with Julius, a vengeful and rejected suitor played by Dominic Cooper, that will make you smirk. At best, Cooper's hilarious performance as him suggests that he was playing a stock character in a separate movie. But this film isn't funny enough to make Julius' idiotic presence feel natural. His primary characteristics include being sexist, bigoted, and racist. He is also not particularly intelligent. Flashbacks are occasionally used to describe what happened the night before when Julius seized the castle, but since some crucial context clues are previously given, they are unnecessary.
All things considered, Disney has mostly been supplying audiences with live-action princess fairy tales for years. The Princess is a welcome shift from that tradition. It's a change of pace that continues the recent craze of princesses brandishing swords to defend their lands and families. It's an exciting concept that truly engages with the notion of the Princess rescuing herself to reduce the plot to only the action. The Princess is often a bloody good time.
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