ComedyAdventure

Seize Them!

- Sucks to be queen.

An arrogant queen becomes a fugitive in her own land after being overthrown by a charismatic revolutionary and must face hardship and danger as she embarks on a voyage to win back her throne.

Release Date : 2024-04-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : DJ FilmsStigma Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Queen Dagan

Original Name : Aimee Lou Wood

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shulmay

Original Name : Lolly Adefope

Gender : Female

Character Name : Humble Joan

Original Name : Nicola Coughlan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Leofwine

Original Name : Jessica Hynes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bobik

Original Name : Nick Frost

Gender : Male

Character Name : King Ivarr

Original Name : Paul Kaye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Witgar the Baker

Original Name : Nitin Ganatra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ur-Nammu

Original Name : Murray McArthur

Gender : Male

Character Name : King Guthrum

Original Name : John Macmillan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penda the Rebel

Original Name : Ben Ashenden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Felix the Ironmonger

Original Name : James Acaster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Queen Fritha

Original Name : Victoria Broom

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alric the Painter

Original Name : Matthew Cottle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vortimer the Farmer

Original Name : Jonathan Gunning

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thane Tostig

Original Name : Jason Barnett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Maxen

Original Name : Dino Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Osmund the Leather-Maker

Original Name : Ben Rufus Green

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hengist the Crier

Original Name : Adam Fray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl watching puppet show

Original Name : Annie Brothers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl watching puppet show

Original Name : Georgia Brothers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl watching puppet show

Original Name : Darcie Brothers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Thief

Original Name : Dom Hodgson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Gildas

Original Name : Marcus Onilude

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier with Mace

Original Name : Mark Hillman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thane

Original Name : Kent Goldfinch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebel Soldier

Original Name : Toby Rothwell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Servant

Original Name : Samantha Glendinning

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-10

Does anyone remember "Boudica" (2019)? Well this is in the same sort of vein but a little better. "Dagan" (Aimee Lou Wood) is the hated queen of a realm that is being taken over by the woman-of-the-people who is "Humble Joan" (Nicola Coughlan doing her best Jeanette Krankie impersonation) who has discovered the power of gunpowder. Luckily for the overthrown queen, she has one loyal servant and she - "Shulmay (Lolly Adefope) has her head screwed on well enough to get them to safety. Then it's a trek 140 miles to the sea where they are to meet the queen's foreign relatives who have apparently promised military aide. En route they encounter the nice-but-dim "Bobik" (Nick Frost) and have some adventures staying one step ahead of the pursuing turncoat "Leofwine" (Jessica Hynes) and avoiding potential betrayal in every village where people would happily turn them in for the 200 pieces of silver reward. This might have done better as an half hour comedy sketch, but stretching it out for ninety minutes was a mistake. There's nowhere near enough substance in either the script nor the characterisations to sustain it for that long. Wood is quite funny for the first five minutes as the stroppy and spoilt woman with the legendary perfect feet and a crown, but there's only so much toilet humour I can be bothered with before I start to look around the cinema at others doing the same. There's a little very black comedy at the end but by then I was largely disinterested. It's a film for the television on a dark night after a few beers when you've got some mates in. As a piece of stand-alone cinema, even with what must have been a pretty shoestring budget, it's a bit puerile and really quite disappointing.