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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

Greatness comes to those who take it.

2007 · 2h 5m · R Action, Adventure, History, War
Directed by Sergei Bodrov

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The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

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All reviews
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh

When we think of the fearsome Genghis Khan, we don't picture him as ever having been a little boy. But he must have been, and that is where this grand throwback to the sweeping historical epics of yesteryear takes up the Great Khan's story.

Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh

Mongol has just enough characterization to sustain its own reason for being -- cinematic fullness.

Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh

A thoroughly rousing hunk of celluloid, a war saga that blends the sturdiest conventions of old-fashioned heroic storytelling with a few pixilated battle enhancements - check out the soaring blood globs - of the kind that spattered across 300.

Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Fresh

The battle sequences are tremendous, and the performances are captivating, making for the sort of rousing, giant-scale entertainment that a figure as towering as Genghis Khan deserves.

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh

Mongol, from its thrilling battles to its intimate romance, has the look, scale, story and feel of an old-fashioned epic in the best and biggest sense of the word.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

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