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History knows him as Genghis Khan, but before he became a warlord, he was simply a man named Temudgin. Exiled into slavery as a boy and forced into a life of struggle after his father is killed by a rival clan, the greatest military mastermind of all time survived on the strength of a single dream: to unite his people into the largest empire the world has ever known. Asano Tadanobu portrays Temudgin in director Sergei Bodrov's sweeping, Academy Award nominated epic full of breathtaking landscapes and bloody battles that follows the Mongol warrior as he escapes the shackles of bondage, finds love and rises to become the general who would create history's most powerful empire.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R Age: 883929028771 UPC: 883929028771 Manufacturer No: 1000040382

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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan [Blu-ray] Cusomter reviews:

Average Rating: 4.5 Total Reviews: 63

(R. Crawford, 2009-09-30) I skimmed some of the strongly positive reviews for Mongol, but I was not expecting it to be so good! I now consider this among the best of war epics. But more than just spectacular battle scenes, the movie shows a lot of the what life was like for Mongols and gives emotional nuance to all the main characters. Kahn's wife is beautiful and speaks little but conveys quite a lot. A scene I particularly like is when Kahn and his wife are riding horseback together. They exchange coy looks until she asks, "Don't you want to touch me?" He replies gently, "My touch will break you in two." I think that sums up his character very well--he's a gentle warrior. Sorry if that sounds overly sentimental, but it's the TRUTH!

(Ebonga Tembe, 2009-09-27) Bought this dual copy (Blu-Ray and Digital Copy) because I am thinking about buying a Blu-Ray player but wanted to see the movie right away on my PC. Well, the Digital Copy has many bugs and won't just work. I hope to be able to see this movie one day!

(Martin Asiner, 2009-09-04) In MONGOL, director Sergei Bobrov presents more than a movie biography of one of the world's most ruthless conquerors. MONGOL is the first in a proposed trilogy that will span the life and times of the man history calls Genghis Khan. Many reviewers have commented on what they saw as excessive gore reducing the dramatic thrust purporting to show the slow growth of one man with a Vision to unite all Mongols. There is plenty of bloodletting and extended battle scenes but such glimpses into history and the Mongol psyche are needed to show how that one man could make the transition from the humblest of slaves to the Great Khan of all Mongols. MONGOL is a traditional film of the life of a ruler that director Bobrov sees more as George Washington than Adolf Hitler. The historical Temudgin was one of the most ruthless genocidal despots of all times. The film hints at the Mongol practice of taking the children of beaten enemies and measuring them against the height of a wagon wheel. All those that exceeded that height were killed on the spot. Temudgin continued this practice for his entire reign. When a city surrendured to him, Temudgin spared it and its inhabitants. If it resisted, he reduced the buildings to rubble and put the residents to the sword--men, women, children. That Temudgin is nowhere to be found here. This Temudgin is a gentler more compassionate soul, who can even find it in his heart to forgive his bloodbrother who enslaved him and took away his family and possessions. This Temudgin can reward a beaten army by accepting its helpless soldiers into his own forces. MONGOL begins with a ten year old Temudgin, who is told by his father to choose a wife. This Temudgin does but is told that he must wait five years to claim her. His father is assassinated while his uncle claims the Khanate. The boy grows up in solitude. Eventualy, he reclaims his wife, Borte, only to lose her to kidnappers in the employ of his uncle. Temudgin is captured and sold into slavery, where Borte aids in his escape. The film moves forward in gripping scenes, all of which point toward Temudgin as uniting all Mongols under his banner. He even posits a sort of Mongol Ten Commandments by which he swears before heaven that all Mongols must obey, even if he must slay half of them to convince the other half. Temudgin comes across as basically a good sort, one whose traits of leadership are so apparent that he has no problem raising an army. The actors speak in Mongol with English subtitles but simply watching facial and body language usually suffices to maintain viewer interest and knowledge. The only major flaw is that the film merely presents as a given Temudgin's heavenly inspired traits of leadership. Still, MONGOL is a major accomplishment that suggests that the gap between history and Hollywood may not be as insurmountable as is often the case.

(Prabal Guha Biswas, 2009-07-27) The movie is good to average watch. Remember this is the first of the trilogy, so don't except much gore and blood, though there is enough. Quite good cinematography and good acting by all the actors. Redeeming features: 1) No Enya wailing/howling/signing when the warrior leaves his little wifey to look after the kids, of course, in the fields. 2) The characters speak their own language, not unbearable kitsch of Australian/Yankee/Brit English.

(A R B Y, 2009-07-09) What a great movie....history, war, biography, spiritual and a love story. The spirit of survival is epitomized. I loved it and can't wait for the sequels.

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