Thank you sir Aaaaaaaaa!

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2019)

Very funny adventure story. It could so easily have been a po-faced action film. But the fact that Connery and Caine have such comedic chemistry makes it a good action film with laughs throughout. Who cares what the PC gnomes of today think. Brilliant non-pc riot! Probably accurate also since the area that Caine and Connery try to become 'kings' of. Is very a remote and poor area to this day.
Connery is a ladies favorite and you can see why. The man has a lot of charm about him. Caine is more roguish but funnier! Honestly I never felt bored during this film. When the actions dies down there is a satirical moment. Then they defend themselves from desert raiders. The raiders using the accurate long Afgan rifles that caused the British army nightmares in the Khyber Pass. So it's very well research as well. The core story is a Rudyard Kipling novel. So credit most go to him first and foremost. But the crew and actors including the side parts by Christopher Plummer and Saeed Jaffrey are spot on. Deserved an Oscar, if it didn't get one (don't know, don't care).