Short and straight, the movie is beautifully shot and some pretty good actors in the mix.
Always pleasant to see different landscapes, gorgeous animals and different cultures.
That being said, the movie, from beginning to the end, is a violent documentary on how to mistreat and disrespect these wonderful creatures, with 3 excuses: they kill the cattle, they are worth money, they serve as sacrifices to Tenger, one of the Mongol Gods.
So.... all these 3 reasons together seem to be enough excuse to extinguish a race from the face of the earth (at least on their territory).
Violence, specially to the wolf pups is hard to swallow, specially if you admire this creatures. It's like a movie about Eskimos killing seal pups just to sell the skins....
Word of caution, don't watch this with your kids.
I'm sure (and hope) the director didn't hurt any animal shooting this. The violence is cleverly shot to avoid seeing it until the end.... BUT it is there, the action is there, the movie is stained from beginning until the end with pointless acts of violence towards wolves.
In the end, a very unbalanced effort, leaning towards gratuitous violence. Pointless, stupid, to the point of frustrated boredom and sadness overall.
To avoid, sincerely.
Always pleasant to see different landscapes, gorgeous animals and different cultures.
That being said, the movie, from beginning to the end, is a violent documentary on how to mistreat and disrespect these wonderful creatures, with 3 excuses: they kill the cattle, they are worth money, they serve as sacrifices to Tenger, one of the Mongol Gods.
So.... all these 3 reasons together seem to be enough excuse to extinguish a race from the face of the earth (at least on their territory).
Violence, specially to the wolf pups is hard to swallow, specially if you admire this creatures. It's like a movie about Eskimos killing seal pups just to sell the skins....
Word of caution, don't watch this with your kids.
I'm sure (and hope) the director didn't hurt any animal shooting this. The violence is cleverly shot to avoid seeing it until the end.... BUT it is there, the action is there, the movie is stained from beginning until the end with pointless acts of violence towards wolves.
In the end, a very unbalanced effort, leaning towards gratuitous violence. Pointless, stupid, to the point of frustrated boredom and sadness overall.
To avoid, sincerely.