The Kingmaker
- Caught In A Fantasy
- Dec 20, 2024
- 1 min read
Title: The Kingmaker (15)
Year: 2005
Running Time: 92 minutes
Director: Lek Kitaparaporn
Cast: Gary Stretch (Fernando De Gamma), John Rhys-Davies (Phillippe De Torres), Cindy Burbridge (Maria De Torres)
Notes: Nominated for two awards.
Rating: 2
Thoughts: A Portuguese soldier of fortune travels to the Orient to avenge his father and find wealth. Enslaved after a shipwreck, he ends up fighting in a local war.
Rhys-Davies, although fairly badly miscast, is the clear star of this film and the rest lack anything much at all. It's a shame as this is an interesting story based on true events.
Some of the acting is awful. Too many Asian roles are taken by Western actors, and that is a summary of how this all looks.
It has fairly weak dialogue too and by the end, I really didn't care if the hero survived or not.
They attempt an epic battle that becomes laughable as the armies collide, and it just gets worse. Promising story, terrible execution.
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