Boudica (2003)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Bill Anderson

Writer:

Andrew Davies (writer)

Release Date:

28 September 2003 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | War

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Battle | Historical | Iceni | Rebellion

Cast

Alex Kingston	...	Boudica
Steven Waddington	...	King Prasutagus
Emily Blunt	...	Isolda
Leanne Rowe	...	Siora
Ben Faulks	...	Connach
Hugo Speer	...	Dervalloc
Gary Lewis	...	Magior the Shaman
Alex Hassell	...	Roman Officer
James Clyde	...	Roman Sergeant
Angus Wright	...	Severus
Steve John Shepherd	...	Catus
Jack Shepherd	...	Claudius
Gideon Turner	...	Didius
Frances Barber	...	Agrippina
Andrew Lee Potts	...	Nero

Also Known As:

Warrior Queen (USA)

Runtime:

Argentina:98 min | USA:83 min

Country:

UK | Romania

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

UK

Company:

Box TV

Goofs:

Factual errors: According to the movie king Prasutagus of the Icenii died at about the same time as the Roman emperor Claudius. However, the latter died in 54 CE, while the former died in 61 CE.

Histo-tainment, Andrew Davies style

I agree with the previous comments concerning this production, and I would like to add that it demonstrates a complete innocence of knowledge of Roman history as well. It's amazing that, being such puling, punkish little perverts, as they are depicted almost without exception, the Romans managed to more or less hold an empire together for another four centuries (despite the sententious pronouncement that "here the Roman Empire stands or crumbles"). The only Romans that appear to have more than a few decades on them are Claudius and Seutonius. Nero looks like he's suffering from a combination of tuberculosis and malaria; and he seems to have been conflated with Caligula, showing a penchant for strutting around in armor more appropriate in the son of a famous general who grew up in army camps in Gaul than in the haughty, patrician artist the historic Nero appears to have fancied himself to be. I guess all those emperors look the same from a distance of a couple of millennia. Also, there appears to have been a distinct lack of sunlight (not to mention personal hygiene) in the first century AD. All in all, I suppose it's slightly more authentic than an episode of Xena: Warrior Princess.