Though it has a familiar inevitability, the journey is generally compelling, thanks to fierce battles, a gorgeous landscape and heartfelt performances.
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Nomad (The Warrior) (2007)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:1
Rotten:15
Average Rating:4.3/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 16, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Oscar-winning director Milos Forman executive produces this cinematic import from Kazakhstan. In the 18th century, Mongolian invaders rule the country. The Kazakhs are divided by infighting, but... [More]
Starring: Kuno Becker, Jay Hernandez, Jason Scott Lee, Mark Dacascos
Director: Sergei Bodrov, Ivan Passer
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Reviews for Nomad (The Warrior)
1 - 18 (sorted by fresh rating)
Everything would be OK if the actors didn't open their mouths.
04/27/07
Rent it as a suitable test for your new widescreen TV, but don't expect movie magic.
10/08/07
A throwback to yeteryear's epics, Kazakhstan's official entry for the Foreign-Language Oscar is an old-fashioned actioner using real locales and extras rather than CGI effects; lack of unified vision may derive from too many directors behind the camera
02/05/07
The use of "idiot plotting" to advance the story makes this laughable when it should be poetic.
03/18/07
It harks back to those sand-and-sandals epics of the 1950s and '60s, with an international cast speaking in awkwardly dubbed English.
03/30/07
It really isn't my cup of tea.
08/25/08
With commendable sincerity but also an unfortunate Hollywood veneer, Nomad is a poor man's Gladiator.
03/13/07
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.
04/27/07
In the American-release version of the picture, the emphasis on spectacle and the paring away of all but the most essential exposition ends up having the opposite of its intended effect.
03/16/07
Meant to be sweeping and inspirational, Nomad is instead lurching and laughable, with terrible writing, awkward acting and clueless direction.
04/13/07
Despite the central Asian locale, the film is largely rooted in the conventions of the American westerns and good old Hollywood Biblical epics like The Ten Commandments, as well as many of their attendant clichés.
03/16/07
While the film has impressive 18th-century trappings and vivid battle scenes, the plotting and acting are rudimentary.
03/16/07
Top CriticKazakhstan 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.
04/26/07
The film is stilted and lame. Worse, the acting is as grim as the story is primeval.
04/27/07
Top CriticThe filmmakers don't appear to know what's important, let alone how to pace an epic for big drama and maximum thrills.
04/27/07
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