It took the combined directorial talents of Ivan Passer and Sergei Bodrov to complete this historical epic about the 18th-century attempt to unify the contentious Kazakh tribes into what would become Kazakhstan (no Borat jokes, please), but the result is really little more than an intermittently entertaining Saturday afternoon matinee in period Central Asian drag.
For generations the pastoral existence of the nomadic Kazakhs, those peaceful descendants of the fearsome Genghis Kahn who have inhabited the vast semi-arid territory bordering Russia and China for centuries, has been continually shattered by foreign invasions. The fierce Jungar tribesman of Mongo...
Released:
2005
Rated:
R
Length:
112 mins