2007 · history · war · action
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
Directed by Sergei Bodrov2h 5m2007
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
Our read: Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded history · war · action entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured history / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
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- intense
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