Written in 1902, A.E.W. Mason's The Four Feathers was a great adventure story that extolled the virtues and glory of British imperialism.

The earliest film versions captured both the spirit of Mason's patriotism and his flair for derring-do.
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What was once standard procedure for starlets -- dirtying up for Oscar consideration -- gets a gender spin in The Four Feathers, a beautifully shot but dull and ankle-deep "epic" that is to Lawrence Of Arabia what Heath Ledger is to Peter O'Toole.

That is to say callow and sophomoric with no sense of what made one's precursors classic.
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