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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
Directed by
Sergei Bodrov
R
2007
2h 5m
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The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.
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Cast of Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
Tadanobu Asano
Genghis Khan / Temüjin
Sun Honglei
Jamukha
Khulan Chuluun
Borte
Baasanjav Mijid
Esugei
Amadu Mamadakov
Targutai
He Qi
Dai-Sechen
Ben Hon Sun
Monk
Ji Ri Mu Tu
Boorchu
You Er
Sorgan-Shira
Huntun Batu
Altan
Deng Ba Te Er
Daritai
Bao Di
Todoen
Su Ya La Su Rong
Girkhai
Sai Xing Ga
Chiledu
Tegen Ao
Charkhu
Zhang Jiong
Tangut Garrison Chief
Odnyam Odsuren
Young Temudjin
Bayertsetseg Erdenebat
Young Börte
Amarbold Tuvshinbayar
Young Jamukha
Ba Ti
Juchi
Li Jiaqi
Mungun
Bu Ren
Taichar
Ba Yin Qi Qi Ge
Temulun
Ba De Rong Gui
Young Taichar
Ba Te
Khasar
Tunga
Sochikhel
Ai Liya
Oelun
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan Ratings & Reviews
Detroit News
Tom Long
A broad, old-fashioned epic in the David Lean mold.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
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.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
There are plenty of haunting landscapes... along with the sort of warfare scenes that define epics, but also an unexpected take on one of history's most fearsome leaders.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Bodrov's movie is most likely to be remembered for its fierce battle sequences, which frequently place the camera smack in the middle of the action.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Bodrov and Arif Aliyev wrote the film, which was one of this year's foreign-language Oscar nominees, and their account is framed as a drama of inflamed loins and intense loyalty.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
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.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
The first part of what director Bodrov promises to be a trilogy tracing the life of the historic conqueror, Mongol is great cinema, great fun.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Asano's Khan is a hero in the classic mold, and the portrayal is riveting. Not entirely so the film, however, which concludes with a lengthy endnote as though it were Steppe Wars IV: A New Hope and Equal Plunder for All Men.
Film.com
Jonathan F. Richards
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.
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Mongol has just enough characterization to sustain its own reason for being -- cinematic fullness.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
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.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
The result is a wallow in old movie pleasures, full of battles, flying dust, thousands of men on horseback, beautiful women, treachery, slaughter, really cool hats and even more slaughter.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
While the historical accuracy may be dodgy, Mongol is a sweeping and quasi-mythical epic that recalls Lawrence of Arabia.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
A grandly kitschy rendering of Genghis Khan's early years, the ones revealing how a boy became a ruthless yet humane warrior, devoted family man and all-around good fellow, Mongol might as well be called Braveheart in a Yurt.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
I don't know the Mongolian word for panache, but Mongol's got plenty of it. The battle scenes are as notable for their clarity as their intensity; we can follow the strategies, get a sense of who's losing and who's winning.
Slate
Dana Stevens
This is a historical epic like Mom -- or David Lean -- used to make. It's got transgenerational blood feuds, galloping steeds, lucky talismans carried for years by separated lovers, and steppes -- lots and lots of steppes.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
The film, a foreign-language Oscar nominee, is epic in scope, in scale, in story, in everything. It has as much action as any brain-dead Hollywood blockbuster, but Mongol also has heart and intelligence.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Relates the story of Genghis Khan's early years in a plodding, uninspired fashion that doesn't bode well for the next two entries in a planned trilogy.
Newsday
John Anderson
Bold, epic battle-happy movie that humanizes the world-conqueror and gives him plenty to be aggressive about.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Combining the intelligence of an action movie with the excitement of an art-house release makes Mongol as dry as summer in the Gobi Desert.
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