Kirpianuscus beautiful cinematography, good acting, fascinating story. love,fundamental choices, honor, courage,sacrifice and the clash between different cultures. a form of romanticism who reminds old fashion films about the same theme. and Heth Ledger in another demonstration of his admirable art. the resurrection of the flavor of lost time - this is the basic virtue of the film. and the source of its insignificant success. because the work of Shekhar Kapoor has the ambition to remind. not Zulu or Lawrence of Arabia , but the spirit who was basis of each of them. and this fact does it more than a propaganda tool or only new version of a forgotten story. because the fascination about the Empire has the chance to be used by directors who redefine it in wise manner.and the result is admirable.The Four Feathers represents a brilliant example.

Greg Mullins Warn my friends! Save my friend! These are 2 of the lines spoken at two different times by a very noble but desperate man who had everything, and I mean everything going for him. He spoke these words to another man who had nothing, and came from even less, but was willing to help. This other man belonged to a tribe of slaves, spoke English and Arabic, but was a Christian. He would adorn himself with different pieces of white jewelry which among his people, spoke of the number of men you had killed. His name is Abou.Harry is the man who had everything but through one selfish decision, lost it all. After seeing the pain his mistake caused all those who loved, respected and admired him - he regrets the foolish decision, and attempts to restore what was lost. This very fine film is filled with virtue, honor and the great strength required to redeem yourself after doing unintended damage to some of the most precious things we possess. Our relationships. Especially the strong right good ones - the ones you would lay down your life for. It is a story mostly of recovery. And is the exact opposite of the everyone deserves a trophy attitude which plagues our modern generation. How refreshing.While in the enemy prison at Omdurman in the Sudan, Heath Ledger's character has to be one of the most pitiful sights you'll ever see. A bright young British Calvary officer, the son of the General, engaged to a beautiful woman who loves him, a leader among his men, and surrounded by a tight knit core of his closest friends, all in the same regiment as himself . . . is reduced to human rubble. It is at his lowest point that Harry learns to overcome the Fear that led to his tragedy. The movie has been intentionally injected with several modern sensibilities which did not and never would have existed at that time, you'll know them when you see them (or hear them). They serve only to weaken the story and the film, all in the name of political correctness. Though plenty of the original Light is left to keep it right.I believe this to be Heath Ledgers most mature role by far, alongside Wes Bentley's shining performance as the ideal soldier and friend. With a great cast all around, I am amazed at how many people have missed this movie. It is every bit as good as Gladiator or Troy, just different - and with a much more moral story. It is a classic film made from a classic novel about the way we were . . . not that long ago. One of my favorites. Anyone who appreciates the ever increasing rarity of good movies made from good stories should see this film.http://fullgrownministry.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/identity/

Jay Harris This romantic adventure story of one man's supposed cowardice & eventual redemption was written nearly 100 years ago. There were 2 silent film versions made as well as 2 prior sound movie versions & one Television movie.I will mention a few bits on the prior sound films & the TV movie before commenting on the 2002 film.In 1929 Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook & William Powell were the major cast members. I did not see this version.In 1939 Alexander Korda & London Films made the classic version, some of us saw as children. This starred John Clements as Jack & Ralph Richardson as Harry,with June Duprez as Ethne.Sir Ralph Richardson was the only one of the 3 who could act.This version was so filled with action & adventure, no one cared about the acting or the story improbabilities. This version I saw many times. Now of course the KORDA's were magicians on making rousing adventure movies.IN 1977 Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward & Jane Seymour assayed these parts. Finally they had a cast of good actors.It was a good Television movie, nothing to write home on.Now we come to the 2002 version, Heath Ledger was Brilliant as Jack, Wes Bentley & Kate Hudson as Harry & Ethne were adequate, neither are really good actors.Djimon Hounson is excellent as a Sudanese soldier who helps our hero in the desert.In the other versions this role is very minor & played by a young teen lad.The action scenes are violent & well done,Whether the fact the story & the characters are dated & quite old fashioned, or the fact that the screenwriters did not read the original book or saw the prior versions,may be the reason I cannot give this a better review. the writers were Micheal Scheaffer & Hossien Amini & the director was Shekkar Kapur They should have seen the Korda version before attempting this.This 3 star rating's mainly for the production & Heath Ledger's performance.Ratings: *** (out of 4) 81 points (out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)

superkat2010 dude, so there's like these British troops in... Britain... and they're gonna send them all to like the Sudan and heath ledgers like "F#ck this sh!t, i wanna marry this chick" and then his friends are like "You're a motherf#cking coward, b!tch" and they each give him a feather, which is the sign of, like, a f#cking coward or something, and so they ship off to fight these crazy rebel guys with their own little Muslim version of Jesus, but who likes to torture and kill ppl and all that... and he follows and saves them each individually from death and gives the feather back to say "Fu#k you i'm your best friend ever" and to prove that he's no coward, and he meets this big buff black guy and is friend gets his EYES BLOWN OUT