Director Jesse V. Johnson continues his reign as a genre favorite with recent hits like The Beautiful Ones, Accident Man and Avengement in his rearview. One of his more recent completions now finds him dealing in the medieval arena with none other than Olga Kurylenko taking the mantle for Johnson’s Boudica, based on the real-life legend of the ancient warrioress.
This historical action is the bold, bloody story of the Celtic Queen. King Prasutagus rules over the Iceni people with his wife Boudica by his side, but when he is betrayed and killed, Boudica’s kingdom is left without a male heir and the Romans seize her land. Determined to avenge her husband’s death, Boudica rallies the tribes from the region and wages an epic war against the Roman Empire.
Boudica’s life and legend has been the center of other media projects before, although Johnson’s film finally marks something a little more mainstream in film for moviegoers to catch onto. He joins the notable Kurylenko with a cast that lists Peter Franźen, Clive Standen, Lucy Martin, and James Faulkner for a digital release in the UK on October 30 from Signature Entertainment.
