Review of Bulldog Drummond (1929) by Nik B — 21 Oct 2011

Love Colman, but this film not altogether that good. A rich guy decides he's bored and takes out an ad to find someone who wants him to help them in some way. Already an absurd proposition. But a damsel writes back and expresses her distress. She's got an uncle who's locked up in an asylum, but she claims he's being held captive.

Basically the film involves the good guy breaking into the asylum and talking very calmly to the bad guys; who respond by chasing him back to his lodge where they all kidnap and escape each other.

It's a back and forth without enough drama to care about the journey. The damsel, the uncle, even the femme fatale. Everything is treated to "properly English" to consider how it plays out.