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01/15/08
Pathfinder (2007)
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Reviews Counted:73
Fresh:8
Rotten:65
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: A few rousing action sequences can't make up for Pathfinder's non-existent plot and silly dialogue.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $10,232,081
Synopsis: Wearing its R rating for violence like a badge of honor, PATHFINDER bears more resemblance to a horror film than most of its historical action-film brethren. Director Marcus Nispel cut his teeth on... [More]
Starring: Karl Urban, Jay Tavare, Nathaniel Arcand, Moon Bloodgood
Director: Marcus Nispel
Reviews for Pathfinder
Top CriticThe film is one expertly staged battle after another, but it seems to be less about violence than about the frustration and fear behind violence. Pathfinder makes sure its carnage is bloody, awful and pointless. But pretty.
04/12/07
...given that battles between unequal forces have been a constant in human history, it provides some food for thought amidst the bloodshed.
04/13/07
[A] compelling example of purely cinematic storytelling that eschews almost all dialogue and lets moody colors and visceral action tell a tale that is mythic and metaphoric...
04/16/07
The plot and action progress like an eroding lakeshore, but the energy and excitement are washed away in every scene.
09/22/07
In the movie’s attempts to create drama amid the action, as in a downhill sled chase, all energy is sapped, and the audience ends up feeling nothing.
04/13/07
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11/20/08
When placed inside a film featuring Vikings that look more like members of GWAR and Karl Urban trying to act butch enough to cover the fact that he's running around in a dishrag and Uggs, any opportunity to stop the film to chat is a bad idea.
04/14/07
The end of the road almost makes this a path worth taking, but most audience members will probably be too bored by the time the movie finally gets there to really care.
04/13/07
It's a movie that belies its title, showing neither a strong sense of direction nor the drive to do anything other than display a whole lot of slashing and stabbing.
07/22/07
Dialogue is a low priority in this film, which has less plot than most video games.
04/13/07
I didn't think it was possible to make a movie involving Vikings worse than 1978's The Norsemen starring Lee Majors, but director Marcus Nispel and company have accomplished just that with this formulaic piece of poorly made PC trash.
05/05/07
All cinematic creativity seems to have focused on devising the most repellent ways to maim and murder.
04/12/07
Top CriticLoud and overbusy but never exciting, Pathfinder is an action film only insofar as airborne prop heads and severed appendages equal action.
04/12/07
Boasting a prettified brutality that rivals that of 300, Pathfinder also explores a similar theme, the manly pursuit of revenge at any cost.
05/30/07
Turns history into the equivalent of a horror movie, one with a less-than-stellar cast and some serious plot holes.
04/13/07
Must the 13-year-old boy Hollywood seems most eager to please also be a sadist? First came Apocalypto, then 300, now Pathfinder.
04/13/07
Cool concept and stylish visuals aside, Pathfinder isn't strong enough to offer the type of prolonged escapism one might expect from a movie that pits Vikings against Indians.
04/13/07
Pure cheesy spectacle, as bad as anything you'd find on 'Mystery Science Theater 3000,' and with plenty of absurd dialogue for the hecklers to ridicule.
04/12/07
Another graphic novel-y movie that presents its maniacal machismo on a smaller scale than 300 but makes up for it by being even loonier.
04/14/07
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