The deconstruction of illusion and by extension, logic is always the crux of a supernatural approach to a film. “Smile” has done some interesting maneuvering since it is catchy but but by the trailers one would maybe see a one note slasher. This is far from the truth. It is a psychological character study about the dismantling of a psychologist in her own head through her own trauma.

Viola Davis can rule a screen but it reflects in the range that she is always able to bring. “The Woman King” has her as the head commander of a tribal army led by females. Like the Samurai they take certain rules but unlike those perhaps, there is more of a hidden trauma that fuels these women, though they are hardest on others like them.