Kamran is a 12 year old boy in the present day who discovers that his ancestor is the 11th Century Mathematician, Astronomer, Poet of Persia, Omar Khayyam. The story has been passed down in his family from one generation to another, and now it is his responsibility to keep the story alive for future generations. The film takes us from the modern day to the epic past where the relationship between Omar Khayyam, Hassan Sabbah (the original creator of the sect of Assassins) and their mutual love for a beautiful woman separate them from their eternal bond of friendship. Filmed almost entirely on location in Samarkand and Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam was released in 2005 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 27 reviews, giving The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005) an average rating of 56%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 55%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam than critics were.
With a score of 56%, The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2005, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2005 with similar scores include films like Transporter 2, The Amityville Horror and Derailed.
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