Empire Queen: The Golden Age of Magic

Don't know where to start with this.

I love a campy fantasy as much as the next man, but this is just a bit pants.

The acting. Wooden, but not wooden in an over played kind of way, it's just, well.. it's wooden.

Think a porn film, & you're close. Some of the actors & actresses look like any second they're going to "whip out my magic wand", if you get what I mean.

The sound is also, haha, wooden. As if recorded within a shed. There's a bit of an echo, bit of background noise. It's just not ever so clear. Some of the sound is also off, not matching up with the actions.

The backgrounds. Not gonna believe this, but it looks wooden. A mass of CGI for interior shots. Looks okay, but looks very flat.

Me & the missus managed about half a painful hour of this before giving up.

I'm giving it a FOUR as it's a good attempt.

I wanted to like it, I wanted it to be not too serious.

It's not for me...

I knew this was an indie and wasn't sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised when I finally watched it. Empire Queen totally delivers! The comedy is adorably charming, with laugh-out-loud moments that are as cute as they are clever. The action is well thought out and enjoyable, balancing excitement with playful twists. Not to mention the stunning locations. I love the feeling of being exported to another world, adding a magical backdrop to this whimsical adventure. Empire Queen is a must-watch for anyone who loves a fun, feel-good film that doesn't take itself too seriously.

I would love to see a sequel!

Everything about this film is a masterclass in how not to make a movie. The acting is painfully unconvincing, as if the cast were reading lines for the very first time, and wishing they were somewhere else. The dialogue is so poorly written it feels like it was cobbled together by an unenthusiastic AI from the early 2000s. The so-called "special effects" are laughable, a parody of visual spectacle that somehow manage to make even the most basic scenes look absurd. This isn't just a bad movie, it's an insult to the audience's time and intelligence. Frankly, the budget would have been better spent on almost anything else, charity included.

Empire Queen was recommended to us by Prime Video analytics. -Thanks Amazon. Had honestly never heard of it before, but we were very surprised.

At a time when the world is getting so depressing, and turning on the TV NEWS should only be done at your own risk, it was refreshing to find a film that made us all feel good, laugh, and believe that miracles can happen.

I Read that the idea for the movie came from a music video. Have not seen that yet, but will have to look that up. I especially enjoyed the balance of humor, magic,and drama. The actors were all new to me, but that seems to happen more and more these days. All the leads were good and believable. Liked the masked villain, and the lead Actress... plus the music is fantastic

If you want an enjoyable distraction from our troubled times, I am happy to recommend this film. - It's well worth the watch.

This is one of the worst films ever made. Every possible aspect, acting, cinematography, sfx, and especially writing are terrible to an almost Ed Woods level. Do not watch this. The "filmmakers" should feel shame for this. This is not a film, this is two and a half hours of incompetence.

The actors don't seem to understand what emotions are, probably because they are too focused on maintaining their atrocious "fantasy" accents. The costumes range from "bought at a ren fair" to "bought at a spirit halloween". The plot, if it can be called that, consists of a ten-minute opening crawl and then several hours of the characters walking and telling each other backstories.

The special effects are 100% plugins purchased from an asset store, and never correlate to what happening on-screen, or to what the actors are doing. At least half an hour of footage is dedicated to random women that the directors wanted to ogle. Every location or scene has two to three names that are basically gibberish.

In short, I feel strongly that this an insult the concept of filmmaking.