yeodawg The first scene with Alex Kingston kneeling at a stream brandishing her sword at the Camera, then telling them not to run from her scary presents. That lets you now how Bogus the film is and her acting is. Fist off all she does is squint her eyes look constipated and snarl her way through this cheesy dialog. The rest of the cast of English Actors does an excellent job though. I've seen several Documentaries on the subject and I know clothing and equipping a Roman army is an expensive feat especially for a movie. However most hire a troop of re-en actors who show up with their own amror. No re-en actors would've been caught dead in this gear they could'nt even afford to have backs to their chest pieces. They tried to make BOUDICCA an Action Adventure queen and placed some good scenes like her standing in front a burning roman encampment burning behind her while freed slaves escape in front of her. But they should've spent more time sticking to the Roman Accounts of her instead of justifying her slaughtering whole Roman villages.

sexy_pisces_gal Alex Kingston stars in the gritty dram about the formidable Iceni queen Boudica.No longer being able to bear the pain of seeing the woman he loves with another man Dervalloc sets off across the waters away from his passionate Queen, convinced she is content with her King and two children But Boudica has a lot to be unhappy about. As wife to King Prasutagus of the Iceni tribe, she sees her fierce husband shamed before Rome's greedy onslaught. Prasutagus accepts a treaty that preserves his tribe's independence but at the cost of high taxes. When he dies mysteriously, Boudica becomes the Iceni leader but allegiance to her is not all one sided. Depraved Roman captain Catus shows the spirited queen a copy of her husbands will which leave half of his kingdom to the roman empire.Convinced the will is a forgery Boudica battles to bring her people away from the slavery that is Rome and attempts to conquer the very powerful roman empire with tragic consequences.

dannym-3 It's got some great sets and costumes, a fantastic, frankly groundbreaking soundtrack of calling vocals, and spectacular deeply theatric moments, basically any time the characters aren't actually speaking is OK. The dialogue is fundamentally awful, Romans are one-dimensionally bad, absurdly condescending and arrogant, and barbarians good. Obviously the writer wanted to make this a commentary about current politics, referring to Icenians as "terrorists", a concept which did not exist at the time. In fact, many lines such as "For God's sake!" would not exist for this setting.I don't suppose anyone could tell me the reason why all the Roman soldiers have cockney accents either.To watch this film, you've got to have a sense of humor for the dialogue which is utterly painful. The Romans are written so badly on such a deep level one can take amusement in it. But it can't be described, laughed at, and appreciated as a bad B-movie, there are quality stirring dramatic moments there and any humor you see in it is killed by the prolonged gang rape scene, which is not a gratuitous addition but a serious, fundamental part of the historical accounts of the real Boudicca.This film is without compare in its strengths and weaknesses and I'm wholly at a loss to classify it or say exactly how one should appreciate it. You will have to decide for yourself and tell me.

Charles Herold (cherold) I've been looking at the comments on this site, and it looks like almost everyone who posted is very familiar with Boudica and very upset by what are apparently myriad inaccuracies. It makes me wonder if anyone saw this show who wasn't a history freak. So let me begin by saying I know absolutely nothing whatsoever about the real story. But from the vantage point of someone who isn't horrified by incorrect costumes and hairstyles, I thought this was an excellent movie with many striking scenes. Also, as someone who doesn't watch ER I have not pigeonholed the excellent actress Alex Kingston into whatever character she plays in the show. I am only familiar with her from her first rate performance in Moll Flanders. It's very silly to object to a performance not based on the quality of the performance but on what you're used to seeing the actress in.I liked this about as well as I liked Braveheart (which I thought was good but overrated).