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'Mongol' Paints a Historically Hazy but Kick-ass Picture of Genghis Khannew

Here's a brawny old-school epic to make the CGI tumult of 300, Alexander and Troy look like sissy-boy slap parties.
Nashville Scene  |  Jim Ridley  |  06-27-2008  |  Reviews

'Mongol' Desperately Wants to be 'Braveheart'new

You can see these aspirations in every shot, but its meandering, anti-climactic story arcs and an unrealized main character handicap the movie from early on.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Cole Haddon  |  06-24-2008  |  Reviews

Mongol: Meet the Barack Obama of 12th-century Asianew

Genghis Khan's all about rejecting the politics and divisions of the past. He's a new kind of leader, ready to unify the fractious clans of Central Asia into one nation under a new code of law.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian Miller  |  06-23-2008  |  Reviews

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