Edge of the World
“The true story that inspired The Man Who Would Be King”
Director: Michael Haussman
Producer: Conroy Chan Chi-chung, Rob Allyn, Josie Ho
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.
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Cast
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Sir James Brooke
Josie Ho
Madame Lim
Dominic Monaghan
Crookshank
Hannah New
Elizabeth Crookshank
Ralph Ineson
Sir Edward Beech
Bront Palarae
Pengiran Indera Mahkota
Atiqah Hasiholan
Princess Fatima
Shaheizy Sam
Subu
Otto Farrant
Charley
Rahim Razali
Sultan of Brunei
Yusuf Mahardika
Tujang
Samo Rafael
Prince Badruddin
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Reviews
6.0CinemaSerf
November 6, 2023
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 enthusi…