a whitewash of history

Rating: 5/10 (29 November 2000)

This is the kind of movie that people made in the old days when the truth was hard to come by and history was whitewashed so much it looked like newfallen snow. The British were intrinsically evil. The hero is peaceful until something drives him over the edge. The villain does horrible stuff so that the audience is made to hate him. Yadda yadda yadda yadda --- yawn.
The climactic fight scene at the end was ridiculous and hardly possible in a battlefield, but nevertheless, it's in there. This movie is good only if you want something to tug at your emotions sacrificing character complexity, plot and story.