An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
Farewell to the King has generally received mixed reviews.
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Farewell to the King was released in 1989 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 13 reviews, giving Farewell to the King (1989) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 55%.
With a score of 59%, Farewell to the King is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1989, which stands at 57%.
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