Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.
- Shekhar Kapur
- Angela Wharton
- William Nicholson
- Michael Hirst
Rating: 6.719/10 by 1210 users
Alternative Title:
伊丽莎白.黄金年代 - CN
Elizabeth 2 - GB
골든 에이지 - KR
Elizabeth - L'âge d'or - FR
伊丽莎白2：黄金时代 (2007) - CN
Elizabeth - A Idade de Ouro - PT
Country:
France
United States of America
United Kingdom
Language:
svenska
English
Español
Runtime: 01 hour 54 minutes
Budget: $55,000,000
Revenue: $74,237,563
Plot Keyword: assassination, england, queen elizabeth i, religious war, tudor, armada, catholicism, sea battle, palace intrigue, 16th century, lgbt interest
Sadly, someone agreed that a sequel to "Elizabeth" (1998) was required so we ended up with this rather fanciful vehicle for a still competent Cate Blanchett but not so much for a terribly wooden Clive Owen as the seafaring Walter Raleigh. Following the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton), England is facing impending invasion by the Spanish Armada. The (largely forgivable) factual inaccuracies that dogged the first film are somehow magnified in this rather poor follow up. It really does miss Sir Richard Attenbourgh and despite the best efforts of Geoffrey Rush is left too much to likes of the somewhat flighty Abbie Cornish. As you'd expect, the film looks great and the use of CGI is effectively complementary - especially as things hot up, but none of that really helps enliven the rather ponderous pace of this history. Fortunately the Queen didn't live too much longer after this so we ought to be safe from "Elizabeth III - the Essex Years."
