THE WOMAN KING (2022)
**JUST LEFT THE WOMAN KING (2022) AND MY SOUL IS STILL ON THE BATTLEFIELD**
VIOLA DAVIS didn’t play General Nanisca… she CHANNELLED every ancestor who ever held a blade. Every roar, every tear she swallowed, every death stare that could topple empires, I felt 400 years of unbowed power hit me square in the chest. Give this woman ALL the awards, the throne, the entire kingdom!!
Thuso Mbedu ripped my heart out and handed it back stronger, Lashana Lynch stormed in like living lightning, John Boyega ruled with quiet fire, and when the Agojie unleashed that war cry and the WHOLE theater roared back?? Electricity. Pure ancestral electricity. I’ve never felt a cinema shake like that in my life.
This isn’t a movie. This is a RITUAL. A coronation. A war drum that says “WE WERE QUEENS BEFORE THEY LIED.” Gina Prince-Bythewood just handed us sacred fire wrapped in cinematic perfection: brutal, beautiful, and unapologetically Black excellence.
Take your mama, your daughters, your aunties, your entire bloodline. RUN, don’t walk. This is required healing for the culture.
**Verdict: 1000/5** – Ancestral medicine that’ll have you walking out ten feet tall. I’m bringing the whole family back tomorrow. Who’s still buzzing in the parking lot with me??
