Review of Nomad (2007) by Abdon C — 09 Aug 2008

Is it really that difficult to find actors in Khazakstan that they had to hire a mexican to play the lead, and a mexican american to play one of the main costars? Seeing a man who is clearly of western European Descent being crowned Khan of the Khazaks really detracts from the authenticity they seemed to be after everywhere else.

The acting isnt' bad, but the dialogue is quite weak. Worst still, I watched this with English Audio AND English subtitles, for my hard-of-hearing father, and it was like the subtitlers were running off a different script. Sometimes they inserted subtitles where the actors on screen hadn't said anything at all.

Having said all that, it's worth watching if you've got 2 hours to kill and it doesn't cost you more than $2. Or if you really like yurts (at least as much as I do), there were plenty of really elaborate yurts, and a few burnt to boot.