james marsh the king be a film that mystify me . i can not think what it meant to be for . it a story about a young man call elvis play by gael garcia bernal who get an honourable discharge after 3 year navy service and then go off to find his biological father and behave dishonourably with him and his family . it all rather sick really . elvis worm his way into the family by seduce his 16 year old sister malerie ( pell james ) . it rather impossible to identify with anyone in this film from here in middle england . preacher father and bouncy joyful christian congregation while i couldn not work out whether the film be mean to be deride them for their mindless belief . or be the target the happy family and we be meant to think that unviable . or be it just say that some people be lose and just hell bent on destruction . it shallow . we all know that bad thing happen while the interesting bit be to learn why but this film just gratuitously depict a violence without ever unravel the thinking that have lead to it . the king be such a lost opportunity . there be some really interesting question about honour while the warrior code while the change concept of valour while honour killing in indian family and so on . honour be a very varied concept . but this film just add nothing to the notion . however and paul the projectionist do more than his meagre role suggest . the dvd projector show all film in a green only hue and the only way to repair this be to get it send to belgium . he do this through christmas . i think those postal worker and repairer and paul go far beyond the call of duty and our reward be this dismal film . but you might see it differently .