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09/22/07
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.
Theatrical Release:20-04-2007
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 CriticNever has an idea of such splendid nuttiness been so squandered to the god of neurotic style.
09/22/07
Top CriticImagine a heavy metal album cover come suddenly to life and you pretty much have the measure of Pathfinder.
09/22/07
Top CriticGory but disappointing.
09/22/07
What killed this film in the theater was the lack of plot.
09/09/07
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
... little more than an excuse to present a bunch of slice and dice battle scenes filmed with murky cinematography and a notable absence of emotional resonance.
04/20/07
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who think slow-motion is cool and those who do not. If you are of the former, I can recommend Pathfinder.
09/22/07
The movie is part Apocalypto (warriors, threat of hostile takeover, violence!) and part 300 (warriors, threat of hostile takeover, violence!), but with the commercial misfortune of being neither.
04/13/07
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04/23/09
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
Though you can't say Pathfinder doesn't deliver the goods, action-wise, the movie often has trouble sticking to its story between battles or involving us with its characters and its self-consciously mythic hero.
04/12/07
Once the actual fighting begins, the film turns dull and lifeless. From beginning to end, the film plods when it should pulse.
04/16/07
A one-note slog through some painfully familiar territory.
04/14/07
Like Beastmaster or Conan but without the wit or inspiration.
04/27/07
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
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01/15/08
Here's hoping Pathfinder II is a straight-to-video- game release.
04/13/07
Blood flows freely here, but the movie never creates a keen sense of involvement or mystery. Even a major cliffhanging (literally) set piece winds up blurred by the addition of a blinding snowstorm.
04/13/07
Though Pathfinder was completed before 300 and the equally artful and brutal Apocalypto, it can still do nothing but slog along in their footprints.
04/13/07
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