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Warrior, The

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
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Based on 7 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure | Drama | Foreign
Written by: Asif Kapadia
Directed by: Asif Kapadia
Release Date:
Theatrical: July 15, 2005
DVD: May 2, 2006
Running Time: 86 minutes, Color
Origin: UK / France
Language(s): Hindi (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: R for some violence
Starring Irfan Khan, Puru Chibber, Aino Annuddin, Manoj Mishra, Nanhe Khan, Chander Singh, Hemant Maahaor, and Mandakini Goswami
The Warrior follows the visually stunning and emotionally exhilarating journey of an ancient Indian warrior who travels from the golden deserts of Rajasthan to the snowcapped peaks of the Himalaya in search of the one thing he has never known - peace - only to be chased by the forces of violence. (Miramax Films)
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
LA Weekly Scott Foundas
Scaled like an epic but possessing the narrative simplicity of a fable, The Warrior unfolds over a brisk 85 minutes of screen time, keeping dialogue to a minimum as it celebrates the power of stories told through handcrafted, CGI-free images.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Most of all, it's a film for moviegoers who love powerful stories and ravishing imagery: timeless, eternal, the kind of tales handed from one generation and culture to the next -- and alive in all of them.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
What begins as Lafcadia's journey into the heart of darkness ends as his pilgrimage into the light. Stunning.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Asif Kapadia's blazing feature debut, a gorgeously photographed saga with a fine sense of the way place shapes personality, has won numerous awards in the filmmaker's native Britain.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Laura Kern
A minimalist but strikingly beautiful tale of renounced violence told with uncommon precision and depth.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Jan Stuart
It is chockablock with brutality, but the violence is of the high-minded, self-congratulatory sort that indicates without actually showing.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
What is best in the film is its depiction of the warrior's epic journey, photographed with breathtaking beauty and simplicity by Roman Osin.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
It's a compelling minimalist drama about spiritual evolution, with strong performances and exotic locations.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
There's more than a nod to Sergio Leone in Kapadia's rugged wide-screen landscapes, minimal dialogue, and extreme close-ups, but there's scant humor to relieve the harshness, and though he has presence Khan is no Eastwood--or even a Mifune.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Janice Page
What really makes 'The Warrior worthwhile is its indomitable soul.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
The title-character's redemption comes very slowly. But if you have patience, this is a stately, beautifully composed story.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Rich Cline
This is a timeless tale; the time period is irrelevant as the story is a profoundly personal one about trying to reject the strong internal drive for vengeance.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The film's epic look is undermined by his narrow focus; in the end it feels rather thin and less than the sum of its handsome parts.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Uday Benegal
Visual grandiloquence more than makes up for the bare-bones dialogue. But while high on mysticism and vast in scale, The Warrior seems more poised than poetic, and ultimately landscape proves to be the film's real grabber.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Joe Mader
The plot is simple to the point of being simplistic, and the characterizations are never more than rudimentary.
Read Full Review >Variety Derek Elley
Tendency to go for art rather than action, and a leisurely pace that isn't bolstered by much dialogue or food for thought.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Boasts an action-movie plot and an action-movie title, but precious little action. It's a lovely film about brutal men, but its integrity and visual splendor ultimately can't make up for its overall lack of visceral excitement.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
The Warrior may be mighty of sword but he is exceedingly limp of writing. We never learn why he went bad in the first place, or what causes his sudden conversion. If the audience is expected to do most of the work, we should be paid $10.50 each.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Barry W. gave it an8:
Simple yet powerfully moving. Beautifully photographed and acted.
J.R. Morgan gave it a10:
Saw this movie 5 years ago in Edinburgh, probably one of my favorite movies. As with Rakesh I am not sure the critics really caught the subtleties of the movie, and subtleties is what this movie is all about. The lack of dialogue isn't so much "barebones" as intentionally minimalist. The characters emotions are meant to extend beyond words, (which is good becuase being in hindi the subtitles would have distracted the viewer from the beautiful visual scenary), emotions, not words are meant to convey the weight here becuase the film is meant to be about the heros emotional struggles. An excellent film that I had given up hope on being able to see again, take the opportunity to see this rare jem.
Rakesh N. gave it a10:
A brilliant movie, which many of these moronic reviewers just don't seem to get. American critics are getting worse and worse and the reception this beautiful film is getting thus far is sickening; these critics seem more interested in finding witty and verbose ways to put films down than actually understand what good cinema is all about. This is a sensational debut by a wonderful new talent with a performance of great skill and depth at the center. I implore people to watch this film. Unless, of course, The Wedding Crashers or The Fantastic Four are just too irresistible to pass up.
