Mongol (2007)

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 15 13:34

''All Mongols fear the thunder.'' The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. Tadanobu Asano: Temudjin ''Be strong... and ask our Lord of the blue sky, great Tengri... to help you.'' The film and story of Mongol gives us the early beginnings of Khan's life, his name Temudjin and his humble origins and beginnings. It depicts the struggles and harsh times he experiences even at a young age of nine. Mongol is an offering from Russian film-maker Sergei Bodrov known for his Academy Award nominated work Prisoners of the Mountains, nominated for the Best Foreign Film category. That perhaps is the only similarity between these two films of his. Mongol was nominated in the same category in 2007....Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 16 10:53

Director Bodrov clearly wants to paint a different picture of young Temudjin than most people have from from reading about the savage Gengis Kahn he becomes. Mongol paints a picture of a stubborn, religious man devoted to his wife and determined to create a great empire for the benefit of all Mongol people -- 'even if half of them have to die for it.'

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Rating : 6/10