Pathfinder
Plot: Conan the Barbarian meets Apocalypto - and no, it's not a good thing.
Review: This movie sounded like it could have been another action-classic but instead it ended up being a horrifying train-wreck. The initial premise was intriguing - a Viking is left stranded in North America, assimilates into the native American villages and ends up protecting them against the Viking invaders. Unfortunately, halfway through the movie, everything turns to nonsense as the Viking invaders seem to lose all sense and rationality when they commit all of their effort and energy to chase a single man. Thousands of hectares of nice, fertile land to settle in but no - the Vikings want to chase one person across the eastern coast of America. I know sliding down snowy mountains is fun, but really...
We later find out that the Vikings are systematically destroying all the native villages, which makes sense because they're bloodthirsty inhumane villains. Of course, it makes even more sense to trust the one person who has been living with your enemy for the past 15 years - there's no chance of betrayal there, right?
Ooh, what a large sword you have!
Of course, the movie isn't a complete waste of time. There's Karl Urban from that movie with the little people, the chick from Daybreak, the guy who played Conan on the TV series and the bad guy from Highlander (playing yet another bad guy). It's just a shame that the direction was aimless, the plot laughable and the potential for awesomeness wasted.
Actual frame from the movie (left). Special effects so life-like, it's nothing like a stunt-manikin (bottom).
So, how many ticket stubs would I give to watch this movie in a cinema again?
1 - but it would be the finger from the string of trophies owned by the Vikings.
Review: This movie sounded like it could have been another action-classic but instead it ended up being a horrifying train-wreck. The initial premise was intriguing - a Viking is left stranded in North America, assimilates into the native American villages and ends up protecting them against the Viking invaders. Unfortunately, halfway through the movie, everything turns to nonsense as the Viking invaders seem to lose all sense and rationality when they commit all of their effort and energy to chase a single man. Thousands of hectares of nice, fertile land to settle in but no - the Vikings want to chase one person across the eastern coast of America. I know sliding down snowy mountains is fun, but really...
We later find out that the Vikings are systematically destroying all the native villages, which makes sense because they're bloodthirsty inhumane villains. Of course, it makes even more sense to trust the one person who has been living with your enemy for the past 15 years - there's no chance of betrayal there, right?
Ooh, what a large sword you have!
Of course, the movie isn't a complete waste of time. There's Karl Urban from that movie with the little people, the chick from Daybreak, the guy who played Conan on the TV series and the bad guy from Highlander (playing yet another bad guy). It's just a shame that the direction was aimless, the plot laughable and the potential for awesomeness wasted.
Actual frame from the movie (left). Special effects so life-like, it's nothing like a stunt-manikin (bottom).
So, how many ticket stubs would I give to watch this movie in a cinema again?
1 - but it would be the finger from the string of trophies owned by the Vikings.
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