Hidalgo
Regie:
Joe JohnstonDrehbuch:
John FuscoKamera:
Shelly JohnsonMusik:
James Newton HowardBesetzung:
Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard, Adam Alexi-Malle, Saïd Taghmaoui, J.K. Simmons, Peter Mensah (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Im Jahr 1890: Der Kurierreiter Frank T. Hopkins gilt als bester Reiter des Westens. Als ein arabischer Scheich davonerfährt, lädt er Hopkins und seinen Mustang Hidalgo zu einem legendären Pferderennen durch die Wüste ein, wo er sich mit den besten Pferden und Reitern Arabiens messen soll. Doch aus einem Wettstreit um Ehre und Ruhm wird bald ein Kampf ums nackte Überleben. (TNT Serie)
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Einige technisch ausgefeilte Actionszenen, einige ekelhaft kitschige poetische Szenen. Das Drehbuch hat bessere Passagen, in denen etwas Interessantes passiert, aber auch überflüssige Abzweigungen, die den ganzen Film nur verlangsamen. Das Rennen selbst nimmt letztendlich knapp ein Drittel des Films ein. Viggo Mortensen ist hier gut, aber nicht ausgezeichnet.
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A naive adventure film of the old school. It reminded me a lot of the May films from Arabia, but with a more generous budget. The cinematography and production design are good, the digital effects and the script not so much. The rest (i.e. the whole lot) is a grey, bland average.
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A classic adventure template in a striking and, to my great joy, irresistible packaging. Mortensen in a hat and on a horse, a beautiful princess, cunning enemies, unexpected friends, and sandy mountains. In the end, it could be a disappointment or a solid average for the average viewer, but for me, it's a soothing balm for the soul. That's how Kara Ben Nemsi could have turned out if Harald Reinl had caught him a long time ago, just like the classic Vinnetou films.
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A typical example of an average big-budget film. There’s not much going on other than a few action scenes, a bit of romance, a few nice shots of the desert at sunset. You can really feel the smell of Hollywood's commercialism here.
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I actually liked it. The beauty of the desert captured by beautiful cinematography, beautiful animals, beautiful music… Yeah, a lot of beautiful things. Plus a likeable cast and a script that, although clichéd, is at least suspenseful. Another pop-corn flick by Johnson.
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Viggo Mortensen is great even in this adventure film, which could almost evoke some of those old good stories from the turn of the century. It has all the qualifications: Interesting locations, quite good characters, and competitiveness. However, even from this cocktail, they failed to squeeze out something substantial, and the right atmosphere simply didn't resonate with me.
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