Duchess

2024

Action / Crime

49
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 57% · 23 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.6/10 10 1916 1.9K

Plot summary

A tough, working-class petty criminal is drawn into the treacherous world of diamond smuggling and morphs into an anti-heroine to be reckoned with in the murky underworld.

Director

Neil Marshall Photo
Neil Marshall

Top cast

Sean Pertwee Photo
Sean Pertwee as Danny Oswald
Charlotte Kirk Photo
Charlotte Kirk as Scarlett Monaghan / Duchess
David Chevers Photo
David Chevers as Johannes
Colm Meaney Photo
Colm Meaney as Frank Monaghan
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24 fps
1 hr 53 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by frank_kneepkens 6 / 10

Action & (British) Humor combined

This movie is not that bad as some reviewers say. To start, the voice over of the main character (Duchess) is great, I like that always, gives a bit of background and story telling idea. The famous trick that the beginning scene is a teaser and then back to how it all started, makes you immediately curious. It's fast paced, maybe a bit too long though, never boring. Great performance of. Charlotte Kirk, perfectly casted. Less good in my opinion is the extreme violence showed, not functional and not to my taste. The humor is great, compensates this a bit, the story is not intended to be taken too seriously. The British accents are funny on themselves. All in all worth watching when you expectations are not too high.
Reviewed by Jester222 4 / 10

Disappointing 'Guy Ritchie from Wish'. TV movie level at best.

It's a shame Neil Marshall has gone down to this level. After his magnificent start (Dog Soldiers, Descent, Doomsday) it appears he peaked very early in his career.The dialogue is very predictable. The story been told a million times and much better.Unconvincing fights and overlong back and forth shoot outs become tiresome.Tiger pit was hilariously overused.The lead actress isn't as drop dead gorgeous as the director seems to think she is.Her accent grates. Her fighting is terrible.When so many kick ass female characters out there (Atomic Blonde, Red Sparrow, Nikita, Ava. Anna, Salt to name just a few) all done so much better it's kinda been done to death so if going to do it. Do it well and maybe a little different.Sean Pertwee is always a fun watch, even if okays the same character in every film. He's a regular with Neil since Dog Soldiers.)Stephanie Beecham is hilarious as "Charlie" the supposed dangerous hhead of a criminal organisation. But was cringe. Maybe they thought this would be her new breakout rolel playing against type (like Hugh Grant in The Gentlemen) of so then big fail.Ita not all terrible. Just forced and cliché. The narration by the female lead was irritating straight away. Yes. That Snatch Guy Ritchie era narration wasn't good as the less you heard her voice the better.Credit to the surprise desert death which I didn't see coming. One of only a few good moments.Oh Neil. What happened?Just go watch Atomic Blonde again.
Reviewed by bombersflyup 5 / 10

Go team!

In Duchess, we follow a tough, petty criminal who morphs into an anti-heroine to be reckoned with in a murky underworld, in the treacherous world of diamond smuggling.Erm.. an okay action/...romance film here, with a likeable enough lead actress. Turns into a bit of a comedy down the stretch, perhaps going a tad long. People always comparing every British crime film to Guy Ritchie's work is hardly fair, though it sure isn't where Marshall's previous accomplishments lie. The characters needed more detail or reason to root for them I'd say and there was plenty of shooting and fighting, without a lot of other, but what there was, is decent.
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