The Deceivers (1988)
How far can a man journey into darkness...and still find his way back?
Genre : Adventure, Drama
Runtime : 1H 42M
Director : Nicholas Meyer
Writer : Michael Hirst
Synopsis
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a “Deceiver” and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savage’s adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult’s blood lust firsthand.
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