Hidalgo Reviews

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much before watching this movie but since I have a weak spot for Viggo Mortensen, I thought I should give it a try. First of all, one of the great things about ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy is that it launched the careers of many of the actors involved and, thanks to those movies, Viggo Mortensen basically became a star overnight. It was even more impressive when you know the fact that Mortensen actually replaced Stuart Townsend after filming began and he didn’t have any time to rehearse or to prep himself for the role. Anyway, after the massive success of the LOTR trilogy, Viggo Mortensen became immensely popular, the producers were quick to cash-in on his newfound popularity and released as soon as possible a new blockbuster starring Mortensen on his own this time. Eventually, even though the whole thing was obviously very predictable and pretty generic, I thought it is was actually rather entertaining. On top of that, Viggo Mortensen is always charismatic and the whole thing looked pretty decent. To conclude, even though it is a rather average popcorn flick, I still think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.