Top billed cast

1. 

   Cate Blanchett

   Elizabeth I, Queen of England

2. 

   Laurence Fox

   Sir Christopher Hatton

3. 

   Clive Owen

   Sir Walter Raleigh

4. 

   Geoffrey Rush

   Sir Francis Walsingham

5. 

   Tom Hollander

   Amyas Paulet

6. 

   Abbie Cornish

   Elizabeth Throckmorton

7. 

   Rhys Ifans

   Robert Reston

8. 

   Samantha Morton

   Mary, Queen of Scots

9. 

   Jordi Mollà

   King Philip II of Spain

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-06-01

Sadly, someone agreed that a sequel to "Elizabeth" (1998) was required so we ended up with this rather fanciful vehicle for a still competent Cate Blanchett but not so much for a terribly wooden Clive Owen as the seafaring Walter Raleigh. Following the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton), England is facing impending invasion by the Spanish Armada. The (largely forgivable) factual inaccuracies that dogged the first film are somehow magnified in this rather poor follow up. It really does miss Sir Richard Attenbourgh and despite the best efforts of Geoffrey Rush is left too much t...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$55,000,000.00

Revenue
$74,237,563.00

Keywords

• assassination
• england
• queen elizabeth i
• religious war
• tudor
• armada
• catholicism
• sea battle
• palace intrigue
• 16th century