“The Woman King,” a film starring and executive produced ... mixed-race sailor named Malik (Jordan Bolger). The son of a slave and a slave trader, Malik has deep reservations about slavery ...

The men also fare well in “The Woman King.” In an understated turn, Boyega establishes his might as King Ghezo, but knows when to cede the limelight to Davis. Jordan Bolger impresses as Malik ...

1/5Photo: Sony Pictures By comparison, a halting romance between Nawi and a half-Dahomey, half-Portuguese explorer named Malik (Jordan ... is on its people. The Woman King is a more human type ...

Although Malik’s racial identity — and the position ... feature traditional song and dance — in this way, “The Woman King” brings to the big screen an exuberant celebration of West ...

Malik and Nawi’s scenes carry neither the ... also attempts to literalize the guilt and ancestral pain that The Woman King’s characters carry with them through a twist that, at first, seems ...

Malik warns Nawi of an impending attack by ... Will anyone be named the Woman King? Will there be incredible performances along the way? I can’t get into spoilers for those first two questions ...