Disney+ is mucking out its streaming program and as a result some film and series titles will disappear and will no longer be seen in any flats for an indefinite period of time. Among the fantasy titles that May 26, 2023 Saying goodbye not only belongs to the new series Willow, but also to the very entertaining action film the princess.
The gory action fairy tale The Princess is leaving Disney+ soon
A kidnapped princess (Joey King) wakes up in a tall tower – so far, so fairytale-like. Anyone who is waiting here for the saving prince is wrong, because already in the first 5 minutes the tide of predictable fairy tale clichés turns. Despite well-known set pieces such as towers, weddings, seemingly helpless beauties and a pinch of magic, this king’s daughter very quickly takes her fate into her own hands: by beating up two guards bloody and then blowing out their lights of life.
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The Princess strikes back at Disney+
There are fantasy movies that we watch to follow a group of allies on a challenging mission, and there are those that are just plain fun. The Princess falls into the latter category on Disney+ – unforgiving entertainment. It turns out that the princess was to be married off to the shady Julius (Dominic Cooper) for the good of the empire. But when she refused, he showed his true colors and imprisoned her in a tower in order to usurp the throne for himself. However, he did not expect that his well-fortified bride-to-be to fight their way free begins.
Vertical Fantasy Duel on Disney+: The Princess is mostly fun because of its fights
Because when the nameless princess in Le-Van Kiet’s fantasy actioner embarks on her personal campaign, it makes for an amazing one Mixture of The Raid and John Wick – except that here it is a sword-wielding king’s daughter who leaves a trail of blood on the stones of the fairytale walls.
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The Princess fights
It’s mainly them creatively staged fights, which make the vertical descent through the tower never boring, while flashbacks gradually reveal what happened before. Faced with ever new weapons and enemies, the heroine must constantly come up with new methods of attack, while we as the audience can turn our heads and sit back. There really are worse ways to kill an hour and a half of your time as an action and fantasy fan.
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