The old imperialist warhorse, regroomed and re-shod for a new generation: the expurgation of "Fuzzy-Wuzzies" from the vocabulary; the elevation of a native African (Djimon Hounsou, of Spielberg's Amistad) above our civilized Englishmen in nobility and bravery; the post-Vietnam doubts as to the wisdom of military intervention in a distant land; to say nothing of the latter-day slow-motion and hot-air-balloon-sized closeups. It is no less a load of poppycock (and much less a document of the colonialist ethos), though the attack on the British regiment in the Sudanese desert is still exciting for two moments: first, the realization that our "cowardly" hero is in the thick of the enemy cavalry (what good can he do there?), and next, the aerial shot of the enemy converging on all four sides of the defensive "square." With Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson; directed by Shekhar Kapur. (2002) — Duncan Shepherd
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