Grainne Uaile: The Movie
7.6
2024
4 hr 30 min
Drama
, Action
, History
A violent and gritty retelling of the life of Grainne Uaile, the 16th century Pirate Queen from Ireland. She was a fighter, a pirate and a tough woman, carving her mark in a mans world. This exciting film is violent, dark, brutal, exciting and often darkly comic. The ultimate female action hero steeped in ancient Irish history.
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- Cast：
- Fionnuala Collins , Ciaron Davies , Peter Cosgrove
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It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
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The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
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I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
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