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The Princess

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When a beautiful, strong-willed princess refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed, she is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father's castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on taking her father's throne, the princess must protect her family and save the kingdom.
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Joey King is a credible action star and Princess, but she deserves a better kingdom than this uneven vehicle that gets weighed down by a clunky script and shabby production values.

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Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle King is a blast, with the fierce intensity of French actress Sara Forestier, whom she strongly resembles. And this movie is worthy of King’s exertions. Rated: 3/4 Jul 18, 2022 Full Review Brent Simon AV Club A yawningly simplistic and roundly inconsequential action movie, The Princess lacks, on a narrative level, the certitude and clarity of purpose of its title character. Rated: D Jul 1, 2022 Full Review Amy Nicholson New York Times Doesn’t hark back to ye olde European fairy tales but rather to the feminist revenge thrillers of the 1970s: works of exploitation and wuxia cinema where warrior women stuck it to the man. With knives. Rated: B- Jul 1, 2022 Full Review Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Kiet has crafted a violent yet strangely wholesome anomaly: a mindless but enjoyably junky East-meets-West hodgepodge that stokes our bloodlust while staying true to its storybook setting. Oct 2, 2023 Full Review Pramit Chatterjee Digital Mafia Talkies The Princess is a tongue-in-cheek, balls-to-the-walls, action extravaganza. Rated: 4/5 Jul 20, 2023 Full Review Daisy Leigh-Phippard Screen Queens It’s a story somewhat at the mercy of its budget, but one that celebrates sisterhood, ambition and centuries of fairy tales about women finding a way to escape their perils. Jan 25, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Bruce D Disney Princess girl-power meets Asian sword-action movie! One of the best YouTube movies I've seen! Tho 20th Century Fox is the studio, this has much more of the feel of a Disney+ movie, a rougher, more action oriented Disney Princess tale. The talent in front of and behind the camera all understand this is familiar territory, a mash--up of familiar tropes. The only solution to this is--as always--conviction, commitment and excellent craftsmanship in every department. The Princess has all of these. I'm curious where the castle set or real castle was. Most of the crew is Bulgarian. Google AI says the main castle and castle sets were shot in Sofia, Bulgaria. It's common to see multi-million dollar sets made for much less in studios in this part of the world. If the villain, Dominic Cooper looks familiar, he plays Tony Stark in the Marvel Universe. Joey King was the unexpected action villain in Bullet Train the same year this was released. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/05/25 Full Review Glafira Regina O The plot gets a big fat zero, the characters are completely undeveloped, and the whole story—what actually happened and who this princess even is—is told through a few scattered flashbacks. Basically, it's just an hour and a half of straight-up Chinese kung fu where a girl who's been stabbed, slashed, and probably hit by a meteor still refuses to die. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/01/25 Full Review Chris M Think Kill Bill meets a Disney Princess. It's bloody, violent and fun. A movie that doesn't take itself seriously and relies on you not doing so either. It's very clearly a thinly vailed plot to sting together a load of action set pieces. Thankfully they know this and have made sure this is about 90% action packed chaos, so it doesn't leave you time to slow down and think about anything, Joey King is fantastic in this and sells the action pieces perfectly, if she doesn't get more action roles from this I'd be a crime. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/28/25 Full Review Ben T If you're looking for complex characters with a believable story, this is not it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review Michael M It’s a fun, entertaining movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/12/24 Full Review Cristian s La historia es medio pelo, se nota que tiene poco presupuesto, hay muchas escenas que desafían la lógica, el final como que se queda corto y tiene un humor bastante particular.. Pero así y todo esta película entretiene de principio a fin y cumple como film de accion con creces (para decirlo mal y pronto se están cagando a palos desde que empieza hasta que termina). Buen elenco, en las escenas de accion y coreografías se nota que le pusieron dedicación. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/02/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When a beautiful, strong-willed princess refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed, she is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father's castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on taking her father's throne, the princess must protect her family and save the kingdom.
Director
Le-Van Kiet
Producer
Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe, Derek Kolstad
Screenwriter
Ben Lustig, Jake Thornton
Production Co
Original Film, 20th Century Studios
Rating
R (Strong/Bloody Violence|Some Language)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2022
Runtime
1h 34m
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