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Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Theatrical Release: Jun 6, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $4,355,846
Synopsis: Award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov (Prisoner of the Mountains) illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning historical epic, Mongol. Based on leading scholarly accounts and written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, Mongol delves into the dramatic and harrowing... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Honglei Sun, Khulan Chuluun, Odnyam Odsuren, Aliy A
When we think of the fearsome Genghis Khan, we don't picture him as ever having been a little boy. But he must have been, and that is where this grand throwback to the sweeping historical epics of yesteryear takes up the Great Khan's story.
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... Bodrov's engaging vision of Genghis Khan in several moments almost feels like the silent movie epics by the Russian cinematic pioneer Sergei Eisenstein.
A saga of blood feuds, betrayals, vendettas, and a lot of fighting The film is entertaining but more macho than intelligent.
It must have been a pretty weak year for subtitled fare if the Oscar voters sought to praise this inert, inept epic.
Mongol has just enough characterization to sustain its own reason for being -- cinematic fullness.
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A thoroughly rousing hunk of celluloid, a war saga that blends the sturdiest conventions of old-fashioned heroic storytelling with a few pixilated battle enhancements — check out the soaring blood globs — of the kind that spattered across 300.
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The battle sequences are tremendous, and the performances are captivating, making for the sort of rousing, giant-scale entertainment that a figure as towering as Genghis Khan deserves.
The melodrama is as thick as the blood in the spectacular battle sequences, but Asano's soulful performance brings this little-understood historical icon passionately to life.
Probably the only movie you'll ever see that opens in '1192 -- Year of the Black Rat.'
...an action movie that, for a change, comes from the history books, not the comic books.
There is plenty of violence. But anyone expecting the wrath of Kahn will have to wait for the sequel.
Even though the results might not be as stunning as Kurosawa's epics, the film certainly has its highlights, especially the often-bloody battle scenes.
Mongol, from its thrilling battles to its intimate romance, has the look, scale, story and feel of an old-fashioned epic in the best and biggest sense of the word.
The real star here is director and co-writer Sergei Bodrov, who largely turns his back on CGI effects and creates stirring battle scenes the old-fashioned way.
'Mongol' is so beautifully photographed that it should knock your socks off.
Not that I'm a fan of violent behavior, but if I'm watching a movie about Genghis Khan, I expect more gut-wrenching slaughter than this.
The action sequences here are first-rate, the performances are uniformly excellent, the cinematography as good as I’ve seen in any film this year.
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This - the first of a trilogy - is a coming-of-age story about the nomadic lad who eventually became the great warrior, Genghis Khan.
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