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Review

After 9-year-old Temudgin sees his father poisoned by the evil Tartars, he is next in line to become leader of his clan. But because of his age, his tribe rejects him and casts out his whole family, leaving them for dead in the mountainous reaches of the Mongol Empire. The enraged Temudgin builds up fortitude living in the wild and, when he grows into a man, sets out to conquer the entire kingdom and find the bride that he chose under his father's hand so long ago. He becomes Genghis Khan, the most powerful and ruthless warrior in the land. Striking imagery, cutthroat rivalries, a searing love story and Shakespearian battles — if these are the things legends are made of, then expect Bodrov’s saga to go down in history. In the tradition of Braveheart and Lord of the Rings, Mongol is a powerful vision of a tale for the ages.

 -- Michael Lerman