A British military drama. The story is set in an overseas colonial military outpost, seemingly East Africa, during the last days of the British Empire. As Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale, a martinet of the outpost, Richard Attenborough gave a BAFTA award winning performance, a stunningly convincing central performance. He plays a man whose career is his reason for being. The coup d'état that threatens his position brings out the best and worst in a military man, reasoning that his deeply entrenched values and beliefs are no longer valid.
Review of Guns at Batasi
