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150 Word Review: ‘The Woman King’ (2022)

It puts the Viola in violence

It is 1823, and the African kingdom of Dahomey is protected by an army of highly-trained female warriors called the Agojie. We first meet them as they silently emerge from the shadows to rescue kidnapped Dahomean women from African rivals. These elite soldiers easily slaughter these slavers. The action in this movie is brutal, but the blood…

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