Edge of the World

The true story that inspired The Man Who Would Be King

5.420211h 41mReleased

Drama

Adventure

History

Overview

Sarawak, in the northeast of the island of Borneo, 1839. Almost by chance, the British adventurer James Brooke is appointed rajah by the Sultan of Brunei, and as an independent ruler he embarks on a personal crusade to eradicate piracy, slavery and headhunting, while trying to curb the malevolent expansionist ambitions of the British Empire.

StatusReleased

Release Date2021-08-27

Runtime1h 41m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesChinaMalaysiaUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Keywords

gay interest

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Official UK Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

as Sir James Brooke

Josie Ho

as Madame Lim

Dominic Monaghan

as Crookshank

Hannah New

as Elizabeth Crookshank

Ralph Ineson

as Sir Edward Beech

Bront Palarae

as Pengiran Indera Mahkota

Atiqah Hasiholan

as Princess Fatima

Shaheizy Sam

as Subu

Rahim Razali

as Sultan of Brunei

Yusuf Mahardika

as Tujang

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Nov 6, 2023

6/10

I used to collect coins and always remember the Sarawak ones with "J. Brooke - Rajah" on them. Well this is a story of that very man. At the height of British colonial expansion, James Brooke (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) arrives in a land terrorised by marauding pirates with Col. Cruikshank (Dominic Monaghan) and his enthusiastic young cousin Charley (Ot…

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