Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif
Held yearly for centuries, the Ocean of Fire--a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian desert--was a challenge restricted to the finest Arabian horses ever bred, the purest and noblest lines, own...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 3, 2004
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Stats: 3,821 reviews
Flixster Reviews (3,821)
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December 30, 2008This was actually an alright movie. The locations where the movie was shot are beautiful. Also, Viggo Mortensen is the shit. Love him.
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August 23, 2008WAY too long and not enough going on. Definitely not one I'd watch again.
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May 23, 2008Fun story. Good acting and cinematography combine to make this a great movie.
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February 9, 2008A decent, entertaining adventure saga in the line of The Mummy that, in the hands of Spielberg a few years ago, could have become a classic. Offers a lot of adventure, exotic locations, magnificent horses, a love story and nice reminders of Indiana Jones and Laur...( read more)
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December 19, 2007an epic adventure, very underrated. this film was not well recieved but viggo was solid and the story was compelling. i hope that with time more people find this movie.
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November 3, 2009in Sahara dessert, riding a horse wit more
that 45 degree centigrade, wit a lot of enemies, even a black tiger; win a battel
Critic Reviews
April 9, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
March 5, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Limited by one-dimensional, even stereotypical characters and a predictable and drawn-out plot. full review
March 5, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Whether it's true or not has little to do with whether it works as a movie, and overall it does, thanks to Mortensen's slightly hesitant charm ... and some dazzling visual work from director of photog... full review
March 5, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
It's not as if we haven't seen movies like Hidalgo before -- the cowboy, the horse, the hat -- and yet there's something fresh about it all the same. full review
March 5, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Bold, exuberant and swashbuckling, it has the purity and simplicity of something Douglas Fairbanks or Errol Flynn might have bounded through. full review
February 1, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
It's The Last Samurai except that proud Arabs substitute for the dignified Japanese, and our rugged hero is given a stout, mixed-blood equine sidekick. full review
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July 19, 2008I really enjoyed this movie but was it the best movie of that year well probaly the best 12 movie I saw that year and I enjoyed the affects the acting and fights in there the fights could of been a bit faster to make it look more like real life but the acting wasnt bad the directing was good and it wasnt much wrong with the film well alot of work went into the film without a dowt.
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July 6, 2008O.M.G !!!
I liked this Movie alot , n' I liked the character of Viggo Mortensen .
and I liked it also because they talk arabic n' english .
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July 1, 2007A story about a man in love with his horse. Awesome if you like drawn out films about bestiality.
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June 5, 2007omgosh!!!!!!!!!! ilo ve this movie sooooo much!!! i love horses!! viggo mortensen like rocks!! as aragorn too. hidalgs a beauty in action
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February 18, 2007OMG I LOVE THIS MOVIE SOOOO MUCH I JST ORDERED IT IN AND IT FINNALLY ARIVVED I WAS SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!! THIS MOVIE IS A GREAT STORY AND VIGGO PLAYS THE CHARACTER OF FRANK SOOOOO WELL!!!!!! I love viggo soooooo much in this movie he is inspiring and does some incredible stunts and horse riding in it!!!! He also brings his fantasticly good looks to the screen!!!! Viggo made that movie!!!! He made it the great movie it is!!!! LOVE U VIGGO FOREVA!!!!!!! XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX XOX
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July 24, 2006I liked the movie quite a bit. Definitely more than I expected, since I generall don't like the idea of horse racing. I loved the ending! I even heard that Viggo bought the horse after they finished filming.
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