THE WOMAN KING 2: BLOOD AND CROWN
Starring: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega
“A kingdom isn’t inherited—it’s defended at every dawn.”

Synopsis: As European rifles tighten the coast and a rival bloodline stakes a claim, General Nanisca (Davis) leads the Agojie to break the trade that sold their future. Nawi (Mbedu), now a captain, trains new warriors while tracking a palace plot to barter the crown for iron and whiskey. King Ghezo (Boyega) faces a treaty that saves the throne but costs the soul.

Echoes of fallen sisters (Lynch) guide blade and choice as cane fields burn, mangroves turn to ambush, and a night‑march drums toward a fortress lit like lightning. The path to the crown is written in courage—and paid in blood.
Review: Fierce, intimate, and thunder‑bright—razor choreography, drum‑deep emotion, and performances that cut. Davis is flint and fire; Mbedu blazes; Lynch sears in memory; Boyega rules with conflicted grace.