2017 · fantasy · adventure · family
The Stronghold
Directed by Yuriy Kovalyov1h 50m2017
A solar eclipse activates a magic time portal, and a regular schoolboy Vit'ko from the 21st century goes a thousand years back in time. It doesn’t take Vitya long to recognize the legendary bogatyrs in young Oleshko, powerful Ilya and severe Dobrynya. Their life passes in fighting cumans who try to destroy Rusichi at any cost, using both weapons and black magic. Vitya finds himself in the very midst of incredible events, battles with mythical creatures and acquires real courage.
Our read: The Stronghold (2017) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive fantasy · adventure · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured fantasy / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
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