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Edge of the World

The true story that inspired The Man Who Would Be King

Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Josie Ho, Dominic Monaghan, Hannah New, Ralph Ineson

Writer: Rob Allyn, Jacqueline Feather

Release Date:
August 27, 2021
Ratings:
5.4 / 10
Director:
Michael Haussman
Companies:
Margate House Films

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.