This action-packed adventure/jungle film starts out when three British soldiers stationed in Malaysia are sent to Fort Madras to help the commandant fight off an elusive bandit who is terrorizing the countryside. They have several adventures (or, shall we say, misadventures) along the way.
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Three Eminently Dull Sergeants In Bengal
Oslo_Jargo1 June 2024
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*Plot and ending analyzed*
Three Sergeants of Bengal (1964) otherwise known as Adventures of the Bengal Lancers
Three sergeants of Her Majesty's Indian army get into trouble and end up in the stockade. May I add that they are eminently dull? One of them was a former doctor who is now a stumblebum drunk. They are offered an informal pardon by the commander if they volunteer to go to some far off outpost where some infamous and notorious Indian bandit is running amok, and typhoid is also rampant. So they are given a guide and head out. On the way, they are involved in some instigated ruckus in a local eatery. And then they beat up all the Indian men, in comedic fashion of course. Why do the Italians always put in these ridiculous fight scenes into their movies? They put them in their pirate movies, their sword and sandal movies, and their Western movies. It seems that they just can not make a serious movie without these idiotic brawl scenes. By the way, this is not a serious movie.
On their way to the fort, they have their horses stolen, are attacked by rampaging elephants, endure a typhoon, and get captured by cannibal headhunters (played by what seem like Spanish men in brown paint and the worst wigs), but the doctor miraculously performs surgery on the chief's son who is suffering from Peritonitis. This after he confesses that he hasn't performed surgery in five years, and also admits to having a case of the "shakes" in his hands. They are released, but then are captured by their guide, who is actually the infamous and notorious Indian bandit. The nonsense just goes back and forth and gets more ridiculous. Apparently, Her Majesty's Indian army had an anachronistic, ludicrous looking machine gun (see also Django (1966) spaghetti Western film). And guess what happens.
The movie is inherently terrible and ridiculous. The three sergeants of Her Majesty's Indian army are ill-mannered, annoying, boorish, and completely uninteresting. They should have been court-martialled and brought before a firing squad to have saved us from such an insipidly dreadful movie.
Most preposterous scene:
When the three sergeants are locked up by the bandits, one of them smashes a poisonous scorpion, and the other sergeant uses the drunk sergeant's suspenders to flick it onto the guard's neck, and he instantly passes out.
The Indian mutineers and 'Zulus' attacking a British fort. Yes, Zulus from Africa. Don't ask me. But Zulu with Michael Caine was a hit in 1964.
The three sergeants arriving to another fort that is some location fort from Italian Westerns. It is made from logs and looks like it belongs in the old West.
What to look out for:
Peruvian actor and professional wrestler, Dakar (born name Alejandro Barrera) in a small part in the fight in the local eatery scene.
Grade: F.
*Plot and ending analyzed*
Three Sergeants of Bengal (1964) otherwise known as Adventures of the Bengal Lancers
Three sergeants of Her Majesty's Indian army get into trouble and end up in the stockade. May I add that they are eminently dull? One of them was a former doctor who is now a stumblebum drunk. They are offered an informal pardon by the commander if they volunteer to go to some far off outpost where some infamous and notorious Indian bandit is running amok, and typhoid is also rampant. So they are given a guide and head out. On the way, they are involved in some instigated ruckus in a local eatery. And then they beat up all the Indian men, in comedic fashion of course. Why do the Italians always put in these ridiculous fight scenes into their movies? They put them in their pirate movies, their sword and sandal movies, and their Western movies. It seems that they just can not make a serious movie without these idiotic brawl scenes. By the way, this is not a serious movie.
On their way to the fort, they have their horses stolen, are attacked by rampaging elephants, endure a typhoon, and get captured by cannibal headhunters (played by what seem like Spanish men in brown paint and the worst wigs), but the doctor miraculously performs surgery on the chief's son who is suffering from Peritonitis. This after he confesses that he hasn't performed surgery in five years, and also admits to having a case of the "shakes" in his hands. They are released, but then are captured by their guide, who is actually the infamous and notorious Indian bandit. The nonsense just goes back and forth and gets more ridiculous. Apparently, Her Majesty's Indian army had an anachronistic, ludicrous looking machine gun (see also Django (1966) spaghetti Western film). And guess what happens.
The movie is inherently terrible and ridiculous. The three sergeants of Her Majesty's Indian army are ill-mannered, annoying, boorish, and completely uninteresting. They should have been court-martialled and brought before a firing squad to have saved us from such an insipidly dreadful movie.
Most preposterous scene:
When the three sergeants are locked up by the bandits, one of them smashes a poisonous scorpion, and the other sergeant uses the drunk sergeant's suspenders to flick it onto the guard's neck, and he instantly passes out.
The Indian mutineers and 'Zulus' attacking a British fort. Yes, Zulus from Africa. Don't ask me. But Zulu with Michael Caine was a hit in 1964.
The three sergeants arriving to another fort that is some location fort from Italian Westerns. It is made from logs and looks like it belongs in the old West.
What to look out for:
Peruvian actor and professional wrestler, Dakar (born name Alejandro Barrera) in a small part in the fight in the local eatery scene.
Grade: F.
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