Beautifully shot? Yes. Well-acted? Yes. Complete story? No... but I say this ONLY if they don't cover certain things in the next two films. To my understanding "Mongol" is just the first of a 2-part saga?

For some reason it appeared that this movie would possess everything needed to indeed make it the "Mongolian Braveheart." However, I felt it lacked certain elements needed to give the audience a more in depth feel of what Temudjin actually accomplished.

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How did he get those thousands and thousands of followers? What happened between his younger years up until he was a teenager/adult? They spent a great deal of time on his younger years, which was definitely needed as an introductory to the film - showing the relationship with his father and how the Mongol tradition works. But Given it was a 2 hr + movie, an extra 15 mins split in half to show A) What he did to gather his army and B) Fill in something about his sword fighting/training/war techniques and strategic development, then it indeed would have been complete and had everything needed to give it that epic "Braveheart" feel, or better yet, title.


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Nonetheless, it was a beautiful film. Sergei Bodrov did an EXCELLENT job on it's direction and conveying to viewers an informing, thrilling and passionate look into the life of Mongols. I just felt it was incomplete. Perhaps he WILL cover all of what I mentioned aboved in the second part of the trilogy. If so, I'll gladly retract my statement.

"A man slips more by his tongue than by his foot."