El guía del desfiladero

La acción es tan caótica que no sabes lo que está pasando, y solo sabrás quién mató a quién cuando veas quién sale con vida de la pelea. Que esto sucediera en la era de las peleas poéticas y fáciles de seguir al estilo de 300 hace que esta falla sea inexcusable, especialmente en una película basada en la acción. Y contar una historia y guiar a los personajes también está más allá del poder deMarcus Nispel. ¿Qué es lo que realmente saber hacer este cineasta? En este caso, solo cubrir la pantalla con una oscuridad emocionalmente plana. Una película terrible basada en un guión al nivel de inteligencia de las peores adaptaciones de videojuegos, completamente enterrada por las escenas aleatorias finales, que recuerdan las técnicas cinematográficas de Ed Wood (largos planos de una avalancha cayendo, sacados de Dios sabe dónde). Tras muchas dudas, tengo que bajar a 1*. Esto no se debe poner en los cines. (17.06.2007)

The positives end with the subject matter, which is quite decent (but incidentally stolen from the literary classic J. F. Cooper). The rest is a mix of retarded cluelessness of both the screenwriter (half a page of the main axis, about 10 lines for the main character’s dialogue, and a handful of terrible dialogues) and the director, who should have it explained to him that there is no darkness like darkness and that the de-colored filter, together with the chaotic editing and the constantly thundering music are not particularly in fashion. Pathfinder lacks charisma (Karl Urban is bored instead of being a tough guy), insight (there really is a lot of marble here), and most of all balls. The opening credits and the atmospheric prologue, which is relatively well handled, are perhaps the most interesting parts of this whole charade. This is probably the worst high-budget blockbuster currently available. (05.07.2007)

Norwegians, like a bunch of hobnailed predators, hippie Indians, and Karl Urban, half-naked, rides under majestic mountain peaks. Only old Homolka with a two-handed ax, praising the panoramas, is missing. Nispel is a loser who can scare you in all manner of ways, especially through his complete amateurism. Unwatchable bullshit. (17.06.2009)

A gritty fantasy tale that somewhat reminded me of Conan the Barbarian. It has about as much in common with the historical reality of Vikings as I, an atheist, have with the role of a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. Within the genre, it's clearly below average in terms of both script quality and direction. The only noteworthy aspect might be the costumes. Overall impression: 25%. (21.06.2007)

A bored Karl Urban in his least charismatic role to day, an interesting premise that is wasted, brutally heavy-handed fights (all of them in slow-motion!), awful-looking CGI blood in every other shot, a stupidly simple mythology and message, a plot that is not really worth talking about. In short, a brilliant example of a butchered high-budget and grandstanding project that has the soul of a hundred-year-old corpse. (17.02.2008)