Farewell to the King

Farewell to the King

1989 · 117 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.0 (59 votes)
Dir. John Milius · Starring Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Marilyn Tokuda, Frank McRae, Gerry Lopez, James Fox · Music Basil Poledouris

In the midst of war, one man vanished into the jungle, and emerged as king.

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An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.

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A brutal, yet grand war epic that plunges you into the heart of a savage jungle. It's a visceral journey of survival, transformation, and a desperate fight for a found home against overwhelming odds.

grittyepicintensemelancholicsteadyadventure epicperiod war filmjungle adventuresurvivalcolonialismidentitywarrevenge
guerrilla warfareparadiseislandshipwreckdesertionworld war iiinfantryu.s. navytribeborneojungle
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