The second instalment of the life of the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth: The Golden Age is a visually stunning, expertly rendered costume spectacle - but I still preferred its predecessor.
I'm not sure why it left me slightly disappointed.
Cate Blanchett puts in another powerhouse performance, Clive Owen is the epitome of rugged masculinity as Sir Walter Raleigh, scenery and costumes are beautiful and nobody puts a foot wrong.
Maybe that is the problem - it's all a little too polished.
Everything about the film is so good that it becomes slightly off-putting. I would also have liked more suspense.
As with the first film, we see Elizabeth as the constant target of treason and heresy, yet this time you don't get a sense of danger because the narrative moves so smoothly.
Enjoyable and impressive, but somehow it didn't satisfy me.
3 Stars.
First published in the Evening Gazette
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