Connery, Caine and Plummer rule!

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2003)

Apart from this movie being based on a great story by Rudyard Kipling, the actors, too, make this movie a treat to watch! Sean Connery and Michael Caine are extremely funny as well as convincing as Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnehan, two friends and former army men, who intend to leave India and become kings of Kafiristan. They put out a contract to confirm a few rules for their journey through Afghanistan, a contract that is signed by Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer) as a witness. Some years later, Carnehan returns to Kipling´s office and tells him the story of his journey with Dravot. Plummer´s character is less flamboyant than any of the other characters, but Rudyard Kipling is actually the most important person in this story: what we are watching is his experience of Carnehan telling him about what happened to them.
A great movie with splendid acting that makes you laugh as well as cry...