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Jun 3, 2021 · Reviews. Jun 3, 2021 10:14am PT. ‘Edge of the World’ Review: All-Too-Familiar Historical Epic Explores the Old and the New. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in fine form as 19th-century explorer Sir...
Jun 3, 2021 · Earnestly directed by Michael Haussman from Rob Allyn’s awed script, “Edge of the World” plugs its narrative gaps with corn and cliché.
Jun 4, 2021 · Edge of the World is a familiar-feeling period drama that owes a debt to Terrence Malick, but it’s far from the worst example of such things. This review of Edge of the World is spoiler-free.
Edge of the World: Directed by Michael Haussman. With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Josie Ho, Dominic Monaghan, Ralph Ineson. The adventures of Sir James Brooke, who defied the British Empire to rule a jungle kingdom in 1840s Borneo, embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy, slavery and head-hunting, and inspired LORD JIM and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING.
May 31, 2021 · Pros. +. 🌱 Meyers' intensity complicates Brooke's earnest intentions with the tribes of Borneo but amplifies the character's inner struggle. +. 🌱 Cinematographer Jaime Feliu-Torres captures the lush beauty of the country with an uncommon, poetic beauty. Cons. -
In 1839, Brooke flees Victorian England to explore Borneo. After a pirate attack, Brooke allies with rival princes to seize a rebel fort. To save prisoners from beheading, Brooke agrees to be ...
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Edge of the World (also known as Rajah [a]) is a 2021 adventure drama film directed by Michael Haussman and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the British soldier and adventurer James Brooke (1803–1868), the first White Rajah of Sarawak.
