Call Her King
{{Short description|Action film by Wes Miller}}
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| director = Wes Miller
| writer = Wes Miller
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| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Wes Miller
- Andrew van den Houten
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| cinematography = Ron Bowjack Bourdeau
| editing = Mike Twin Jones
| music = Paul Koch
| production_companies = BET Films
BlackLight Entertainment
| distributor = BET+
| released = {{Film date|2023|7|6}}
| runtime = 109 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/call-her-king-movie-naturi-naughton-clip/|title=Naturi Naughton Fights For Her Life In Call Her King Clip [EXCLUSIVE]|first=Rachel|last=Foertsch|date=June 27, 2023|website=ScreenRant}}{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/call-her-king-bet-interview/|title=Exclusive: Call Her King Cast and Crew Talk Trouble in the Courtroom with New BET+ Movie|first=Salvatore|last=Cento|date=July 7, 2023|website=MovieWeb}}
The film was produced by BET Films and BlackLight Entertainment and released by BET+ on July 6, 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://blavity.com/|title=The Community for Black Creativity and News - Blavity News|website=Blavity News & Entertainment}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/call-her-king-premiere-date-bet-plus-naturi-naughton-lance-gross-1235378473/|title=‘Call Her King’: BET+ Sets Premiere Date For Action Thriller Starring Naturi Naughton & Lance Gross|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=May 24, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/trailers/die-hard-in-a-courthouse-call-her-king-bet-movie-trailer-1234996056/|title=Die Hard in a Courthouse? And Judge Naturi Naughton Is John McClane?! Watch Trailer for BET+’s Call Her King|first=Matt Webb|last=Mitovich|date=June 6, 2023}}
Cast
{{castlist|
- Naturi Naughton as Judge Jaeda King
- Lance Gross as Gabriel Samuels/Black Caesar
- Jason Mitchell as Sean Samuels
- Johnny Messner as John Stryker
- Tobias Truvillion as Gerald King
- Nicholas Turturro as Jerry Spencer
- Lawren Miller as Raya King
- Shiobann Amisial as Salima
- Garrett Hendricks as Duke Hawkins
- Han Soto as Alex
- Walter DeShields as Anthony
- Jerry Spencer as U.S Marshall Talberts
}}
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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/Call-Her-King/1712293/|title=Call Her King|via=www.blu-ray.com}} 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. "{{Cite web|url=https://punchdrunkcritics.com/2023/07/review-call-her-king/|title=Review: ‘Call Her King’|first=Khalil|last=Johnson|date=July 7, 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|27846110}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|call_her_king}}
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Category:2020s English-language films
Category:2023 action thriller films
Category:American action thriller films
Category:Films about hostage takings
Category:African-American films
Category:BET+ original programming