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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan(Монгол)

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Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan · 2007
Rated R · 2h 5m
Director Sergei Bodrov
Starring Tadanobu Asano, Sun Honglei, Khulan Chuluun, Aliya
Genre Action, Adventure, History, War

History knows him as Genghis Khan, but before he became the warlord and military mastermind he was a boy named Temudgin who had been sold into slavery after his father was killed by a rival clan. "Mongol" follows Temudgin through bloody battles and breathtaking landscapes as he escapes bondage, finds love, and toils mightily to fulfill his life's ambition: to unite his people into the largest empire the world has ever known.

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The New York Times by A.O. Scott

Mongol -- or, as I prefer to think of it, "Genghis Khan: The Early Years" -- is a big, ponderous epic, its beautifully composed landscape shots punctuated by thundering hooves and bloody, slow-motion battle sequences.

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Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

I don't know the Mongolian word for panache, but Mongol's got plenty of it. The battle scenes are as notable for their clarity as their intensity; we can follow the strategies, get a sense of who's losing and who's winning. The physical production is sumptuous.

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New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier

Every performer is tough and charismatic, especially Honglei Sun, who, as Jamukha, gives so many neck-cracks, guttural howls and conspiratorial smiles he's like a Chinese Marlon Brando.

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Empire by Will Lawrence

With its breathtaking landscapes, bloody battles, bitter betrayals and an aching love story, Mongol is a sumptuously crafted epic.

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