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Bookmark this pageThe Deceivers (1988)
Director: Nicholas Meyer
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From Time Out Film Guide
Insecure young Englishman Savage (Brosnan) breaks colonial taboos by dyeing his skin to infiltrate the 'thuggees', a band of murderers dedicated to the goddess Kali. John Masters' novel is a great story, but the movie misses much of it. The opening set of clichés - a tiger hunt, a Gone With the Wind dance, a regimental wedding - give way to better film-making as the bizarre thuggery gets under way, but it's a case of too little too late for this shock-horror costume caper. Actors as powerful as Kapoor, Jaffrey and Keith Michell are reduced to hackneyed cameos, India looks like something out of a travel brochure, and blasting Hollywood-Viennese music ensures that we know it's a major motion picture.Author: PHo
Cast & crew
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Helen Michell, Keith Michell, David Robb, Tariq Yunus full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 103 mins
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