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In 1547 Fernando De Gama, a young "Soldier of Fortune" from Portugal, set sail for the Orient in a bid to find the man that murdered his father and, with luck, like many of his fellow countrymen,to ma...( read more 
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MCT:August 10, 2008
The King Maker is a film about a series of real (citation needed) events that occurred during the Portuguese Occupation in Indochina.
Although the costumes and art direction are commendable, the movie still fails to impress the viewer. The acting, in particular, was extremely poor. Some of the actors are trying hard to let tears down and the accents, both real and fake, are extremely irritating. The storyline was also too dumb and too stupid to be true and it seemed more like a history lesson. The movie couldn't even capture that sort of regal and century-old air and it looked more like a botched attempt to make an Asian version of Elizabeth.
Final say? Costumes and art direction give the film a breath of fresh air, but the execution was extremely poor and the actors couldn't even give natural bursts of emotion. In short, the movie sounded more like hullabaloo than a script. -
MCT:May 12, 2008
Great true story line, athentic scenery, beautiful costumes, but the acting was not great. It was ok for a low budget film.
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MCT:February 17, 2008In 1547 Fernando De Gama, a young "Soldier of Fortune" from Portugal, set sail for the Orient in a bid to find the man that murdered his father and, with luck, like many of his fellow countrymen,to ma...( read more )ke his fortune. A vicious storm in the Indian ocean almost ended his plans when the ship he was on sank. The sole survivor, he was washed up on a tropical beach only to be captured by Arab slavers and taken to Ayutthaya in the kingdom of Siam where he was offered for sale as a slave. He is rescued from slavery when a beautiful young woman Maria, also from Portugal, living in Ayutthaya with her father, buys him from the Arabs and restores his freedom. Not suprisingly he falls for Maria and Maria him, much to the chagrin of Maria's Father. As an experienced soldier his services are soon in demand when the King of Siam declares war on a Northern renegade pretender and all of the Portuguese colony are press-ganged into the service of the King. Predictably, Fernando's experience and gallantry in the heat of battle, gain favour with the King who commands him to be one of his honoured personal Guard along with a new found Thai friend of tremendous gallantry, Tong. Unbeknownst to the king, his beautiful but devious wife, Queen Sudachan, plots to kill him and place her lover on the throne. The first attempt by the Queen to rid herself of the king fails and she enlists the services of Phillippe, who it transpires was the murderer of Fernando's father. He in turn organises another failed attempt on the Kings life. As trusted guardians of the king, Fernando and Tong discover that Phillippe is involved but is killed during an attempt to arrest him. They subsequently discover that the perpetrator is the Queen but are to late to save the king who has already succumbed to her poison. The blame for the kings death is fostered upon Fernando and Tong who are arrested and forced to fight each other to the death for the amusement of Queen Sudachan and her lover, the new king. but in the end the evil didnt last long because the two had made to kill the new king in the event of their fighting to each other, the queen become so mad and order to kill those two but the brother of the late king return on time and proved the deceit of the queen..
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MCT:November 9, 2007
It was a good story, but the action, and characters were a bit cheesy with not strong abilities to make this a great movie. The set design was the only attractive thing in the movie. It could have been made better if it had a stronger director with great action. It failed at that. Unfortunately.
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MCT:July 16, 2007
It looks like a movie that it cost 10 dollars. Cheap dialogue, horrible acting, dull music, and sucky acting. It still held my interest, just cause of the fight scenes, and the two chicks.
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MCT:July 11, 2007because there are the same justice rules in both hearts,they can be brothers to fight with the evil together.
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MCT:June 29, 2007Blech!!! The only thing this movie has going for it is that John Rhys-Davies (the dwarf in LoTR) is in it. Don't watch this 'B' movie.
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