The Horde

A Moving Faith Based Drama Completely Misrepresented As An Action Packed Historical Epic
Note: The DVD has two versions to choose from on the opening menu. The English Language version or the original version in Russian and Mongolian with English subtitles. I watched the original subtitled version, so I can't speak to the quality of the dub on the English version track. I personally hate dubbing!

I'm firmly convinced that whoever marketed and prepared the DVD release of the Russian film "The Horde" had never seen it and didn't have ANY idea what it was about. That's the only logical explanation that I can come up with for the bland and meaningless description used on the back of the DVD and repeated here under Editorial Review. This is what it says: "1357. Half of the Eastern world is controlled by the savage Golden Horde. While the West waits in fear, a bloody battle erupts inside the Khan dynasty, threatening the existence of the most powerful empire on earth." From this vague tidbit, you might expect a historical action epic. That's clearly what someone...

as a fan of historical movies i loved this movie
I thought the Russian Federation, which backed the movie, did an awesome job with this movie. The cinema-graphics were great. The costumes were amazing. After watching this movie I saw a trailer for another Mongol Empire based movie and it looked awful compared to this.

It's very hard to show the expanse of Khan's empire but I liked the subtle way they did it by showing glimpses of the entertainers and shamans (or medicine men) from the various parts of the empire.

I remember reading about the early years of the Moscow people with their wooden houses, connection to the Orthodox church, and their pay-offs to the Tartars. This movie showed that.

I also thought this movie had character and was artistic, if you are into artistic movies. I recommend to any history buff.

A Moving Faith Based Drama Completely Misrepresented As An Action Packed Historical Epic
Note: The DVD has two versions to choose from on the opening menu. The English Language version or the original version in Russian and Mongolian with English subtitles. I watched the original subtitled version, so I can't speak to the quality of the dub on the English version track. I personally hate dubbing!

I'm firmly convinced that whoever marketed and prepared the DVD release of the Russian film "The Horde" had never seen it and didn't have ANY idea what it was about. That's the only logical explanation that I can come up with for the bland and meaningless description used on the back of the DVD and repeated here under Editorial Review. This is what it says: "1357. Half of the Eastern world is controlled by the savage Golden Horde. While the West waits in fear, a bloody battle erupts inside the Khan dynasty, threatening the existence of the most powerful empire on earth." From this vague tidbit, you might expect a historical action epic. That's clearly what...

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