Mongol Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Its a docudrama without the voice over

This really frustrated me. I saw it before the reviews came out, so I had no preconceptions.

The problem with it, is that is is empty... the set pieces are grand but.. there is nothing linking them.. Genkis' tale is one of apparent birthright arrogance... there is no insight into how he raised his massive armies... they just appear with him the leader, he doesn't really proving his worth on screen.

The love story feels like it was written by a monk who may have once had a prepubescent romance and the performances are un-emotive (which no reviews picked up on).

Don't believe the hype the only thing this managed to do blow a lot of russian culture incentive bucks. The only reason I believe it had award nominations was to fill a quota to assist east-west relations.

It's the kind of thing you should expect to see in a docu-drama. I was half expecting the start of every episodic chapter to have a beardy historian pop up ,and run me through a documentary style CGI family tree and tactical war strategy.

I gave it two stars because it's better than Nightwatch...

Stunning!

Visually an amazing film. The subtitles added to the realism and you become so lost in the movie you barely notice. Watched with my nearly teenage children and we were all mesmerised. It taught me not to believe all my pre conceptions of the Mongol leader and was both entertaining and interesting. Could not recommend more highly!