Call Her King Explained

Director:Wes Miller
Cinematography:Ron Bowjack Bourdeau
Editing:Mike Twin Jones
Music:Paul Koch
Production Companies:BET Films
BlackLight Entertainment
Distributor:BET+
Runtime:109 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Call Her King is a 2023 American action thriller film written and directed by Wes Miller. The film stars Naturi Naughton as Judge Jaeda King who has just sentenced Sean Samuels (Jason Mitchell) to death when the courthouse is hijacked by his brother Gabriel (Lance Gross). The film also stars Johnny Messner, Tobias Truvillion and Nicholas Turturro.[1] [2]

The film was produced by BET Films and BlackLight Entertainment and released by BET+ on July 6, 2023.[3] [4] [5]

Reception

Film critic Brian Orndorf from Blu-ray.com gave it grade "B-" writing: "Call Her King isn’t Die Hard, but it has moments of inspiration and some sense of legal commentary, trying to challenge the system while keeping mild stunt work coming. It’s enough to entertain and, maybe, enlighten."[6] Khalil Johnson from Punch Drunk Critics gave it mixed review writing: "Call Her King isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel in regard to action movies, but it still doesn’t hit all the beats it needs to. Something like this could have been better served as a limited series. This would have meant a better budget as well as more time to flesh things out. "[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naturi Naughton Fights For Her Life In Call Her King Clip [EXCLUSIVE]]. Rachel. Foertsch. June 27, 2023. ScreenRant.
  2. Web site: Exclusive: Call Her King Cast and Crew Talk Trouble in the Courtroom with New BET+ Movie. Salvatore. Cento. July 7, 2023. MovieWeb.
  3. Web site: The Community for Black Creativity and News - Blavity News. Blavity News & Entertainment.
  4. Web site: ‘Call Her King’: BET+ Sets Premiere Date For Action Thriller Starring Naturi Naughton & Lance Gross. Matt. Grobar. May 24, 2023.
  5. Web site: Die Hard in a Courthouse? And Judge Naturi Naughton Is John McClane?! Watch Trailer for BET+’s Call Her King. Matt Webb. Mitovich. June 6, 2023.
  6. Web site: Call Her King. www.blu-ray.com.
  7. Web site: Review: ‘Call Her King’. Khalil. Johnson. July 7, 2023.