Nomad: The Warrior (2006)
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6% of critics liked it
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46% of users liked it
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Czech New Wave leader Ivan Passer picks up the torch originally ignited by Russian director Sergei Bodrov to bring Central Asia's first-ever event film to the light of the silver screen. Penned by Russian screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov, Nomad tells the tale of 18th-century Kazak military… More Czech New Wave leader Ivan Passer picks up the torch originally ignited by Russian director Sergei Bodrov to bring Central Asia's first-ever event film to the light of the silver screen. Penned by Russian screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov, Nomad tells the tale of 18th-century Kazak military strategist Ablai Khan -- a forward-thinking visionary whose efforts to unify his country eventually helped to define Kazakhstan's borders. Warned by a mystical Kazak warrior named Oraz (Jason Scott Lee) that a child who will unite the warring local tribes and free his people is about to be born, invading Jungar leader Galdan Ceren (Doskhan Zholzhaxynov) -- whose soldiers are currently occupying Kazakhstan -- instructs his assassins to target Mansur (Kuno Becker), the son of a local sultan. After being saved from a grim fate by none other than Oraz, Mansur is raised to become a fearless warrior whose vision of a unified Kazak state drives him to fulfill the ancient prophecy. Tirelessly training alongside his best friend Erali (Jay Hernandez), Mansur leaps into action when love interest Gaukhar (Ayanat Yesmagambetova) is abducted by malevolent Jungar swordsman Sharish (Mark Decascos). Originally set to be helmed exclusively by Passer, Nomad was finished by director Bodrov after a production hiatus threw the fate of the film into question and the European production partner Wild Bunch stepped in to help assure that the film was eventually completed. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sergei Bodrov, Ivan Passer
- Written By
- Rustam Ibragimbekov
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 16, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- The Weinstein Co.
Critic Reviews
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Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
The film is stilted and lame. Worse, the acting is as grim as the story is primeval.
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Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
It embraces every cliché in the epic-movie playbook, relies too heavily on stale dialogue delivered in somber tones and offers little to its actors besides the opportunity to fashion some great-looking Eurasian costumes.
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
The filmmakers don't appear to know what's important, let alone how to pace an epic for big drama and maximum thrills.
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Kazakhstan supposedly spent $40 million in making this martial-arts epic. That bought a laughably corny Hollywood B-movie, gorgeous scenery, Hollywood B-actors and extras who plainly weren't members of the Screen Extras Guild.
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G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
It harks back to those sand-and-sandals epics of the 1950s and '60s, with an international cast speaking in awkwardly dubbed English.
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Cast
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Kuno Becker
as Mansur
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Jay Hernandez
as Erali
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Jason Scott Lee
as Oraz
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Doskhan Zholzhaksynov
as Galdan
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Ayanat Yesmagambetova
as Gaukhar
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Mark Dacascos
as Sharish
