- Film Review
- Reviewed By Jamie Russell
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2 out of 5
Set several centuries before Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas, Pathfinder centres on the battles between Viking raiders and native Americans. Although technologically inferior, the native villagers do have the help of Ghost (Karl Urban), a Viking child left behind after a previous raid and adopted by the tribe. Now a man, Ghost attempts to defend his new family against the marauding Vikings and prove where his loyalties lie. In this reworking of the 1987 Finnish film, director Marcus Nispel charges headlong into the action, making slick use of frozen lakes, misty forests and cliff-top passes. Brash and bombastic, there are shades here of Conan the Barbarian, yet by giving only cursory attention to plot and character, Nispel hamstrings all his stylish set pieces and delivers an ill-conceived epic that feels more like an extended trailer.
Plot Summary
Period action adventure starring Karl Urban. When a Viking boy is left behind by his brethren on the North American coast, he is brought up a native American tribe as one of their own and named Ghost. However, the Norsemen - known as "Dragon Men" by the tribe - are destined to return years later.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Ghost
- Karl Urban
- Starfire
- Moon Bloodgood
- Pathfinder
- Russell Means
- Gunnar
- Clancy Brown
- Blackwing
- Jay Tavare
- Ulfar
- Ralf Moeller
- Wind in Tree
- Nathaniel Arcand
- Indian father
- Wayne Baker
- Jester
- Kevin Loring
Crew
- Director
- Marcus Nispel
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