Mongol Reviews and Ratings


  • odonoghuematthew
    November 17, 2009
    odonoghuematthew
    Best Costume Design 2008
  • RoYaLRoHiT
    November 11, 2009
    RoYaLRoHiT
    its a movie of history....nice movie with very nice backgroundscores.
    but boring at times.
    lack of originality and lack of continuity..
    overall average movie & worth watching it....
  • arindamrchowdhury
    November 7, 2009
    arindamrchowdhury
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  • martinberntsson
    October 4, 2009
    martinberntsson
    Unsentimental story about the young Genghis Khan and his growing up in outer mongolia. It was rough times, one particular evil clan actually looks like Slipknot (!) but there are no flaws here. You get to see long scenes of traditional mongolian parenting and here and there gory ...( read more)fights in which blood is pouring out of bodies in a manner I've never seen in a movie before.
    The footage is exellent, and even though it's a very pro-mongolian movie which don't reflect so much over the victims of war, it's still a very interesting movie
  • rylanjp
    October 2, 2009
    rylanjp
    Beautifully Filmed Historical Epic.
  • chocolatesoyadrink
    September 20, 2009
    chocolatesoyadrink
    Long.
    Or perhaps it just felt that way....

    Perhaps too long/slow and perhaps too ambitious. There is unfortunately a sense that they tried to make this film look good above all else and so as a result, the story telling suffers.

    Perhaps the biggest failing of the film is that i...( read more)t tries too hard to tie together events that occur years apart into one coherent and continuous storyline. Of course, things that happen are related but because we are only ever shown snippets of time over a period of a decade (or is it more?) we never get and real detail of the characters and more importantly, their relationships with each other. A lot of the time, we are just told to accept things but are shown no basis for why it is so.
    Everything happens this way from Temudgin meeting his wife to be to the meeting of his "brother" to his winning the trust of the tribe/soldiers.

    Perhaps this sort of thing would've been better made as a drama instead of an action film and maybe that's the problem with this film. The life od Genghis Khan is set in war but much about the man is not. Maybe it isn;t possible to make one film about him that can tell us about the fighting and about the character.

    Again, it's a shame because the film is shot beautifully.
  • competitoray
    September 4, 2009
    competitoray
    March On ! Nothing stood on their way . I like his fur hat.
  • agentjade
    August 30, 2009
    agentjade
    Interesting historical epic, shot in beautiful, remote landscapes with some exciting fighting scenes. If you like Troy and The Last Samurai, this will be the movie for you to watch.
  • am3lyatandi
    August 25, 2009
    am3lyatandi
    If you're looking for huge battle scenes à la LOTR you will be disappointed but if you're looking for an actual story this will be a treat
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    August 23, 2009
    oottlctip60
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  • morphine
    August 19, 2009
    morphine
    Not bad. Enjoyed the cine and directing but would have preferred a more historically in-depth account balanced with the bio.
  • rhysfrench
    August 13, 2009
    rhysfrench
    Ambitious, unique and intriguing.
  • benjaminguilbert2
    August 12, 2009
    benjaminguilbert2
    This film is a bit difficult to judge. On the one hand, it's really dreadful, badly shot, intensely boring at times and deprived of the slightest hint of intelligence (the whole "that's destiny, dude" aspect of it made me puke, which almost ruined my computer...). On the other ha...( read more)nd, it's a bit like Apocalipto: seeing these guys in their natural habitat is quite interesting. A bit like an expensive discovery channel piece.
    Overall what I really didn't like about the film is the film that it starts a bit like: "how a gifted tough swordman unified the Mongols" but then suddenly the guy has an entire empire at his feet... really really poor script, a 12th century monk would have done better. That being said, I enjoy violent mindless sword fight as much as the next bloke and that aspect is fairly well done.
  • mvieaddict
    August 4, 2009
    mvieaddict
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    I had no expectations when starting this movie. I thought it was going very slow. But like some of the best movies ever made, the slo...( read more)wness meant something. It was a movie of one of the greatest historical epics. Not just the best foreign film, but I meant out of all historic epics ever made. This movie was so stunning in the cinematography that it will leave you breathless.The great landscapes and photography was amazing.

    Now the story of this movie was not filled with a tons of dialogue. It has just enough, You have to read the subtitles and you don't exactly want to be reading tons of complex conversations. It had enough to let you enjoy this movie with out missing the movie. Acting and directing was superbly. There were some very bloody fight scenes.
  • samulille
    July 25, 2009
    samulille
    Like LOTR, but with true story :)
  • darkendmirage
    July 24, 2009
    darkendmirage
    This movie was a feast for my eyes, my ears and my mind.
  • radioflyerpunk
    July 18, 2009
    radioflyerpunk
    Wasted opportunity. Wishy washy, lacking in focus or vision. When the vague, half-hearted mysticism/spiritualism is introduced (in the form of a magic wolf, no less) you can't help but think of what more powerful directors have done with historical figures: Tarkovsky's Rublev or ...( read more)Bresson's Joan of Arc, for example. By the end of this film you have no more idea about Genghis Khan - or rather, what Genghis Khan means to the filmmakers - than you would from looking at the poster for two minutes. A shame.
  • genoka
    July 4, 2009
    genoka
    Maybe it's just the snow, the nature, Asano, slow-mo blood drops, and the wardrobe, but I found this enjoyable.
  • Nenebelle
    July 4, 2009
    Nenebelle
    I really enjoyed Mongol (another movie i had rated Not Interested). I loved the early years when Temudjin was little and he went to choose his bride,Borte. Good narration and some great battle scenes plus the story of Temudjin and Borte was lovely.

    Is there going to be a seque...( read more)l? I would love to see it.
  • McCorpse
    July 2, 2009
    McCorpse
    epic. a lot better than i was expecting. Definatly recommendable
  • jscottcorley
    July 1, 2009
    jscottcorley
    Cool subject matter and sweeping cinematography make this a worthwhile watch. Some temporal plot confusion and storytelling decisions work against it -- but still a compelling 125 minutes.
  • bigdaddydaryl
    June 19, 2009
    bigdaddydaryl
    This was such a good movie.You get so in to it you forget about the sub titles.Even though it is a long movie really thier isnt alot of them.The backdrops are beautiful.The story of Genghis Khan from child to ruler is just amazing.The acting is alot better then most movies.And th...( read more)e war scenes are some of the best I have seen in movies.If you dont mind sub-titles go out and rent this it is such a good movie you will not be disapointed
  • boriserjavec
    June 15, 2009
    boriserjavec
    Genghis Khan,great movie
  • se7enthangel
    June 15, 2009
    se7enthangel
    Do not scorn a weak cub. He may become the brutal tiger."- a true Mongolian proverb. I am not sure how historically accurate this movie is but Mongol is spectacular and memorable.
  • benpuetz
    June 13, 2009
    benpuetz
    There is one thing that is evident in this film...the cinematography. This has to be one of the more beautiful films to look at. Visually, many of the scenes look like artwork that should be hanging on your wall. It's really too bad the film wasn't on par with that. Mongol ha...( read more)d the potential to be a really good film. Somehow, they made a film about Genghis Khan feel a little tame and boring. There were way too many dead spots in this and it dragged on at times. The story and acting are ok, it just had the potential to far more entertaining.
  • dublingunner
    May 21, 2009
    dublingunner
    think i was expecting too much from this, but i think it could have been better and should have been more about his later life and battles..
  • Adahey
    May 9, 2009
    Adahey
    an amazing co'production between nations. i understand this is the first of a planned trilogy. I WANNA BE A MONGOL WARRIOR GODAMMIT!!
  • JcobCrim
    May 3, 2009
    JcobCrim
    A nice look at the REAL life of Genghis Khan and not just the military leader we all know about, Mongol is a great biopic filled with beautiful landscape shots and a few brutal battles here and there.
  • RThornhill
    April 24, 2009
    RThornhill
    aka: "run, Genghis, run". Interesting story of the boy who would be Khan.
  • bjaccobs
    April 20, 2009
    bjaccobs
    Based on the early days of Ghanghis Khan before he became the Ghanghis Khan of legend.
    If you want to watch somebody get captured and escape for two hours, then you found the right movie. That's basically all that goes on in this one. Temudgin, or somebody he loves, gets captu...( read more)red and then escapes, or is recued and the movie doesn't end until he breaks this nasty habit.
    The fight/battle scenes are okay but a little on the lackluster side and I thought that the movie was a little dull for most of it's running time.
  • faeriez
    April 19, 2009
    faeriez
    Mongol is a must see Movie you'ill love so go watch it.... Viv... :)
  • TommyL311
    April 17, 2009
    TommyL311
    There were a lot of things to like about this movie. I enjoyed how they kind of mixed Hollywood with the more raw Central Asian/Eurasian feel that Sergei Bodrov used in "Prisoner of the Caucuses." I think there was some interesting camera work and effects that gave parts of the m...( read more)ovie a unique and innovative feel. Fight scenes were pretty good and Temudgin was a good character.

    That being said I think the story jumped around too much and there was so much to cover that the movie would've been well served if it were longer and it could flush things out more. It could've been a four hour epic movie, IMO, and been much more full and robust. Heck, I would even have liked it to deal with his entire life and been a really long series for tv.

    Overall, see it if Genghis Khan interests you, if you like Central Asian-y movies, or if you just like seeing lots of movies. It's decent but not amazing.
  • mcklow
    April 13, 2009
    mcklow
    Lenta y por momentos aburrida. Pero también tiene cosas interesantes y curiosas.
  • waqas104
    April 8, 2009
    waqas104
    Slow but good depiction of cultures.
  • discostone
    April 7, 2009
    discostone
    Interesting story; great scenery.
  • dannylister999
    April 5, 2009
    dannylister999
    One of the best films I've seen in ages, didn't expect it to be that great but was fantastic. Brilliant cinematography, shot in Mongolia, Kazakhstan and China, by a Russian director with Mongolian dialogue, what more could you want in a film? Viva Genghis Khan!
  • StaisilD
    April 3, 2009
    StaisilD
    As a young Mongolian boy, Temudjin watched as his father ruled the land, only to be betrayed and poisoned, leaving the child helpless to violent opportunists. Throughout the years, Temudjin would find enemy capture over and over, only to break free and attempt to establish a life...( read more) for himself with his beloved bride Borte. Now older, Temudjin (Tadanobu Asano) grows tired of running and observing his fellow countrymen display a lack of battlefield etiquette, and he attempts to unite his own army of honor and concentrated wrath, introducing the world to the man known as Genghis Khan. Mongol is an "artistic" retelling of the warlord's early years, with more creative liberty taken than arrows fired from horseback. This is not to suggest that Mongol is full of lies, but strict adherence to detail is not its modus operandi. The film is laden with magic realism, quasi-religious iconography and imagery, and an almost godlike reverence to young Temudjin, as if the characters around him know in their hearts that he will be the man who conquers the world, so they'd best stay on his good side. These little touches of reverence and mysticism are a gamble, but surprisingly satisfying when taken in small doses, peppered throughout the film as seasoning and never overused. The sparse, sprawling landscape is majestically captured. Played by Odnyam Odsuren as a boy and Japanese star Tadanobu Asano as a man, Bodrov's Khan is a rebel hero cast in the mold of Gladiator's Maximus and Braveheart's William Wallace. Based upon an ancient Mongolian epic poem written after the death of Khan, the film takes a favorable look at Genghis Khan and treats him, not as a bloodthirsty monster, but as an astute and able political and military leader and a man with love and devotion to his wife and child. There is no wrath in this Khan. Rather Mongol presents a Khan with a spring in his step and love in his heart.
  • mondopimp
    March 29, 2009
    mondopimp
    This is like the first foreign language film ive seen in 4ever and holy crap it was so good. I might have to start watching more of this foreign stuff.
  • steven544
    March 28, 2009
    steven544
    While the plot contained some dubious twists and had rather strange and slow pacing, the overall effect of this movie is stellar. The cinematography rivals, while being similar to, movies such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The score was amazing. The acting was, to my Engli...( read more)sh speaking eyes and ears, convincing. The few combat scenes were filmed and choreographed to great effect. I am not sure how historically accurate this movie is, but it works as an enchanting piece of cinema. Highly recommended to anyone who likes art films and historical epics. Seriously, the locations make me want to take a vacation to the steppes immediately.
  • jxxx84
    March 25, 2009
    jxxx84
    Recommended by SexiVixxEN
  • SexiVixxEN
    March 24, 2009
    SexiVixxEN
    Goodness I have no clue why I waited so long to see this movie.It was absolutely amazing to say the very least.You get sucked into this story immediately and travel on this journey from boy to man to leader.A couple things that were really standout about this one was the cinemato...( read more)graphy,and the battle scenes.I will say that the climax of the movie the finale battle scene is probably one of the top 3 most epic battle scenes I have ever seen in a movie,OH YEAH it was that kick ass.If you haven't seen this masterpiece yet dont waste any more time your missing a great film.SO highly recommended!!
  • gor41
    March 21, 2009
    gor41
    Handsomely shot but dull telling of Genghis Khan's early years. Lots of slow-mo blood spurting but little originality to enliven proceedings.
  • Bremaine
    March 14, 2009
    Bremaine
    A near perfect movie. Can't wait for the next two installments of this trilogy.

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