Saturday, December 14, 2013

Sandokan the Great (1963)

MGM
Directed by Umberto Lenzi
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

Steve Reeves leaves behind his Roman toga and puts on an Indian head wrap as the leader of a band of rebels fighting British colonialists. They kidnap the niece of the officer who has been killing natives and hope to blackmail him into surrender. They take a long trek through the jungle, pursued by British soldiers and overcoming many obstacles, including headhunters and elephants. They eventually reach a British fort which they takeover, leading to a final stand against the British. Long, talky and boring, characters are poorly drawn caricatures and the final battle scene just goes on and on and on.

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