John Huston's another Favourable lesson on Excessive Greed after The Treasure Of Sierra Madre.

Rating: 7/10 (7 May 2020)

The Man Who Would Be King (1975) :
Brief Review -
John Huston's another Favourable lesson on Excessive Greed after The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. The Man Who Would Be King is another triumph for director John Huston on the subject of excessive greed and written destiny. The Treasure of Sierra Madre was a Classic film and it has remained an iconic film for years but despite the influencing factor The Man Who Would Be King separates itself because of adventurous and regional plot supported by historical names. Two British former soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great but one of them tries to be mighty by fooling priest in the name of god. Who could ever beat destiny and so does the climax implants expected perishing stuff. The film has 3 main characters of Sean Connery, Micheal Ciane and Saeed Jaffery and all 3 of them have done great job. The beauty of the film lies in it's cinematography and locations because adventurous plot needs to be told in that way. If you can't get locations and Cinematography right then adventure will never look an adventure. Screenplay tackles all the conditions perfectly whereas dialogues are mostly in regional zone. John Huston took up the same subject but explored it in totally different manners with the help of different characters, different shades, different era and different storytelling. Anybody who liked The Treasure Of Sierra Madre with definitely like The Man who Would be King but certainly the impact won't be same, though it won't be too less. Nevertheless, getting close to it is a victory for any director and especially when the director remains same.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest