Mongol
"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." Rene Rodriguez – Miami Herald "A ferocious film, blood-soaked, pausing occasionally for passionate romance and more frequently for torture. As a visual spectacle, it is all but overwhelming, putting to shame some of the recent historical epics from Hollywood." Roger Ebert – Chicago Sun Times "An Oscar-nominated epic, Mongol explores the colourful myth of Genghis Khan. Directed by the Russian film-maker Sergei Bodrov, this is a spirited yarn that paints the fearsome leader of the Mongol hordes (played by the Japanese megastar Tadanobu Asano) as a man of principle who valued his family and his heritage above everything, except perhaps his horse." Wendy Ide – The Times |