Great Story no matter how many times you see it, you will want to whatch it again!
full of mysterious symbols mainly masonic, and a story that shows once a mason always a mason. i.e. where Peachy Carnehan (Michael Caine) steals a pocket watch off a man at the station only to find he was a mason and that he had to sneak it back into the mans pocket. great story full of action and friendship at its greatest this is a true gem of a film.
as this site proves:
It’s based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling, but this is one of the few occurances where I find the film better. It’s an amazing story set in India from when it was under British rule. As the main characters we see Sean Connery and Michael Caine, and they do great roles. I’d always known Sean Connery was a great actor, but I hadn’t seen Caine’s potential until I saw this movie. Their characters’ friendship makes this a warming movie, but at moments it’s also quite sad. Besides Connery and Caine, it has many memorable characters, like Christopher Plumming as Kipling.
Stan Huston directs, and I think it shows. The environments for example, really are outstanding; the icy mountains, the crowded market and the Pakistan deserts. When I had finished watching I was overwhelmed, it felt like one of the greatest stories ever told, much like the feeling I had after watching Lawrence of Arabia and Dersu Uzala. There’s really nothing that goes against this movie, and needless to say I gave it 10/10.