

This favor is lost, however, when he beheads one of his concubines, after Anna protests punishment of the woman, in order to retain the upper hand in front of his people. Despite her anger towards him, she offers him helping in protecting and hiding his children from his military general Alak, played by Randall Duk Kim, who means to overthrow him and murder his heirs. Alak and the king meet on a bridge that the king has had lined with explosives, from which Anna and her son save the king with a ruse in which they use a horn and fireworks to imitate approaching British soldiers.
General Alak is abandoned by his men and left at the mercy of the king who refuses to kill him, leaving instead. Having no such qualms, Alak shoots at the retreating king and misses. The shot hits an explosive on the bridge and blows away both it and the usurper. Back at the palace the king realizes he is in love with Anna. She and her son leave Siam and return to England. The king's heir takes the throne and moves the country into a new more progressive era.
Anna and the King is an Drama, Romance, History movie that was released in 1999 and has a run time of 2 hr 28 min. It has received moderate reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.7 and a MetaScore of 56.
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