Review of Royal Flash (1975) by Martin B — 20 Aug 2011
Not bad costume comedy drama with always interesting Malcolm McDowell in the leading role as the coward english officer who ends up in trouble whereever he's going.
Flashman (McDowell) ends up in german territories that are evolving into a future Germany under the guidance of a young Otto von Bismarck.
Our hero (or at least the guy most things evolve around) is finding himself trapped and tries to flee most of the time and the story has got a few nice twists in the plot regarding who to trust and whp's on who's side really.
Great Fun. McDowell plays the officer bafoon great and others like Oliver Reed and Britt Ekland to that too. We also see Bob Hopkins and Inspector Morse and people from "Ivanhoe" here and there in small roles.
It's not A Clockwork Orange/Oh Lucky Man really, no, it's not, but it's a neat little film.
This review of Royal Flash (1975) was written by Martin B on 20 Aug 2011.
Royal Flash has generally received positive reviews.
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