The Best Movie Ever Made

Rating: Null/10 (9 October 2001)

Seeing this film as a child in the darkness of mid-70's America, it was an epiphany. As glorious and rich and unashamedly martial as Kipling himself. The rich red blood of the British Empire, warts and all flood out of this amazing story. From the gurkhas to Alexander, history oozes from the pores, and the humor makes no apologies. Layer after layer, this is a grand and beautiful film shed of any PC drippings. It will warm a real man's soul like an 18 year old single malt. This film has become so ingrained in the marrow, I can't help but reference it watching the current allied offensive against the Afghan Taliban -- I've seen this story before.