The Princess

I really wanted to enjoy this movie. Unfortunately for me, I really did not enjoy this movie. It is really bad when all but 4 supporting characters have actual names. The lead & her parents are just called "the princess", the king, the queen. Absolutely no character development for the unnamed characters (or even the ones with names) until a quick flashback more than 30 minutes into the movie. I think the first time the main character says anything other than grunting is in that flashback. The main actress Joey King is completely miscast. A 4'8" young girl with no combat experience is hard to believe as a kung fu sword fighter who single handedly karate chops and cuts her way through hundreds of nasty men and saves the entire kingdom all while not one of her loved ones dies in the process on her very first 'real' battle outside of practice swordplay in the woods. Her acting contains grunting and fake limping and seemed to forget that she broke her finger/hand in the first five minutes of the movie and got stabbed twice (with hardly any blood) but picks up a sword and fights for the entirety of this movie. That wasn't the worst of it. The very last scene of the obese errand boy who was sent to check on her at the top of the tower comes out panting and sweaty and he has a full mouth of BRACES???? Like honestly? Pretty sure they didn't even brush their teeth in Medieval period but a dude has dental work that hasn't been invented yet. Hmmm Perhaps he was a time traveler. We'll never know because there was no character development in this entire movie, which makes it impossible to care or root for anyone in this movie.