The Princess

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The Princess

R

2022

1h 34m

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Fantasy

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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When a beautiful, strong-willed princess refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed, she is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father's castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on taking her father's throne, the princess must protect her family and save the kingdom.

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Joey King is a credible action star and Princess, but she deserves a better kingdom than this uneven vehicle that gets weighed down by a clunky script and shabby production values.

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Jul 18, 2022

3/4

King is a blast, with the fierce intensity of French actress Sara Forestier, whom she strongly resembles. And this movie is worthy of King’s exertions.

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Brent Simon

AV Club

Jul 1, 2022

D

A yawningly simplistic and roundly inconsequential action movie, The Princess lacks, on a narrative level, the certitude and clarity of purpose of its title character.

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Amy Nicholson

New York Times

Jul 1, 2022

B-

Doesn’t hark back to ye olde European fairy tales but rather to the feminist revenge thrillers of the 1970s: works of exploitation and wuxia cinema where warrior women stuck it to the man. With knives.

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Rubén Rosario

MiamiArtZine

Oct 2, 2023

Kiet has crafted a violent yet strangely wholesome anomaly: a mindless but enjoyably junky East-meets-West hodgepodge that stokes our bloodlust while staying true to its storybook setting.

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Pramit Chatterjee

Digital Mafia Talkies

Jul 20, 2023

4/5

The Princess is a tongue-in-cheek, balls-to-the-walls, action extravaganza.

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Daisy Leigh-Phippard

Screen Queens

Jan 25, 2023

It’s a story somewhat at the mercy of its budget, but one that celebrates sisterhood, ambition and centuries of fairy tales about women finding a way to escape their perils.

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Rachel D

@RT74035117 Sep 26, 2026

This was such a fun watch. It looked like Joey did a lot of her own stunts and she did an amazing job with it. Good story and consistently great fight scenes throughout.

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Lorde M.

@Lord_Fears Mar 19, 2026

I think the princess needs to marry the Witcher or something because she’s definitely great with a sword ⚔️

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Krys L

@Kl005 Mar 4, 2026

She could’ve just stayed hidden between the walls and walked all the way down 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Laurie S

@Karlwinters Dec 24, 2025

IMHO Cooper was miscast and did the film a misjustice. A more prominent actor could have taken it to a new level.

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Ian F

@RT31608176 Nov 10, 2025

This little girl improbably hacks away at the evil prince's army. Oddly, I soon thought they actually were an ideal wedding match. And that never went away. It's a bit of a worry that Hollywood is over-empowering small women to take on large men - they might win, but the odds and the physics are against them.

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Jelisije J

@jjosifovic Jul 11, 2025

If you have to turn your brain off to enjoy every scene of this film than Im sorry its a gigantic waste of time.

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Synopsis

When a beautiful, strong-willed princess refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed, she is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father's castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on taking her father's throne, the princess must protect her family and save the kingdom.

Director: Le-Van Kiet
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe, Derek Kolstad
Screenwriter: Ben Lustig, Jake Thornton
Production Co: Original Film, 20th Century Studios
Rating: R (Strong/Bloody Violence|Some Language)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2022
Runtime: 1h 34m

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