Boasting a cast packed with real Indian actors, it's guaranteed that this lavish update on The Stranglers of Bombay will carry a ruthlessly authentic touch. Mixing the vogue for portraits of colonialism with a horrific if rousing true-life adventure, the film tells one more time the story of the T'huggee cult. Followers of the goddess Kali, they throttled and robbed rich travellers and buried the bodies of their victims. Much in the mould of The Four Feathers (our hero browns up and travels as a T'huggee to crack the cult), the plot stretches credulity at times, especially when the 'sugar gourd' of Kali is supposed to infuse our upright hero (Pierce Brosnan) with a lust for blood. But Brosnan is no mean actor as well as prime beefcake, and he pulls the story through in good style to its bloody conclusion. Shashi Kapoor and Saeed Jaffrey offer variations on their familiar (in this case murderous) rascals, but Helena Michell is only just adequate as Brosnan's wife.

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