For Queen and Country (341 film)

For Queen and Country is a political thriller film set on the backdrop of war. An indirect sequel to the 335 blockbuster Thunderbrawl, For Queen picks up after the after credits scene of the first film, and details the rule of Hiram Borman, the Third Pandrosi War, and the New World intervention that followed.
The film was ordered quickly when Thunderbrawl closed its third weekend with a gross profit of 150 million dinar, and had been set up by the last minute post-credits scene. Director Blake O'Brallaghan was signed on to a four picture deal, with For Queen as one of those four. The picture was marred by political disasters outside its control; scenes that were to be shot in Prycetyr, Kordowyn had to be hastily moved to Garman due to the collapse of the Imperial Commonwealth, as well as the Pandrosi Civil War affecting planned shoots. The script was heavily rewritten three times, with shooting finally commencing 18 months late in 337. The initial release date of 339 was pushed back due to the instability wrought by the Second Eudeonic War, Areian Missile Crisis, and Union of National Rhomhiet Republics coup. It is expected to release in the summer of 341.
=== Plot ===
The film opens with a panning shot as the HMIV Rodric IV and convoy cuts across the Sea of Lirrach. On the HMIV Excelsior, the sentry keeps a keen lookout. His relief officer comes, bearing a coffee, and the two exchange inaudible small talk when the HMIC Redoubt explodes suddenly. Crews scramble as klaxons blare, as the sentry's eyes widen as he looks across the sea.
Pandrosi ships appear and begin shelling the convoy from all sides. The Imperial flagship tries to escape but is hit head on by a torpedo. On the lower decks, Empress Evelyn (Tricia Blacklock) comes to, bloodied and bruised. She frantically calls for her husband, but finds him crushed by fallen metal. As the explosions continue, Evelyn flees to the deck, finding it in pandemonium. As the ship begins to list she witnesses the deaths of several members of Parliament and fails to save a steward. As the ship is ripped in half, she is thrown across the deck, narrowly avoiding death. She sheds her royal jewels, hastily steals the clothes off a dead minister, and dives into the freezing water, making her way to the slowly capsizing wreck of the Excelsior for supplies, before escaping in a life boat to hide on an island.
Hiram Borman (Horace Carver) declares war on the Pandrosi, and calls a ceasefire with Lirrach. Secretly behind closed doors, Borman is abusive towards the seven year old Princess Imperial, Adelaide (Adele Blacklock), and he orders a hit on a Greitan clerk who discovers his communications with the Pandrosi. He is informed privately that a Pandrosi P-Boat has found and captured the Empress, who survived the attack.