Rotten
The film is stilted and lame. Worse, the acting is as grim as the story is primeval.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Nomad: The Warrior
Courage know no limit
2005 · 1h 52m · R
Action, History, War
Directed by
Sergei Bodrov Jr.
,
Ivan Passer
Overview
The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.
Director and cast
- Sergei Bodrov Jr. Director
- Ivan Passer Director
- Kuno Becker as Mansur
- Jay Hernandez as Erali
- Jason Scott Lee as Oraz
- Doskhan Zholzhaksynov as Galdan Ceren, the Jungar Sultan
- Ayanat Ksenbai as Gaukhar
- Mark Dacascos as Sharish
- Aziz Beyshenaliev as Ragbat
- Yerik Zholzhaksynov as Barak
- Dilnaz Akhmadieva as Hocha
- Ashir Chokubayev Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
6%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It embraces every cliche 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.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Rotten
The filmmakers don't appear to know what's important, let alone how to pace an epic for big drama and maximum thrills.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Rotten
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.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
It harks back to those sand-and-sandals epics of the 1950s and '60s, with an international cast speaking in awkwardly dubbed English.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
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