Director Asif Kapidian's "The Warrior" just arrived to this city in its commercial run. This is a film that will surprise many viewers, nor only for its splendid beauty, but for the way the director has created the right atmosphere in which to tell his story. The amazing cinematography by Roman Osin, is well worth the price of admission. The musical score by Dario Marianelli enhances the action tremendously.
We are taken to a place in Northern India, in the Rajastan, where a feudal lord is seen at the beginning of the movie receiving payment from his tenants. As one poor peasant can't pay, the ruthless man instructs his head henchman to kill the man by beheading him. The warrior, after he gets home, has a change of heart, as he realizes the enormity of his crime.
The warrior and his teen aged son, embark in a trip to the mountains to get away from the feudal lord, but fate intervenes in that his former partners in crime finds the young man. These men take him to face the cruel lord, who orders him to be killed. The warrior, in the crowd witnesses his own son's death.
What follows is a trip to the mountains, alone, where the former warrior meets a young boy along the way who wants to stay with him. They form a bond, until the following avengers catch up with their old partner and there's a showdown. At the end, the former outlaw finds some sense of serenity by staying with his son's friend and her family, where he is welcome.
"The Warrior" is a film of rare beauty where great vistas of India, going from the arid locales of the beginning of the movie change drastically as the warrior goes to the Indian Himalayas, in sharp contrast with what the film has shown before. Irfan Khan plays the title role well under the direction of Mr. Kapadian.
This is a film that clamors to be discovered, as it will not disappoint because of the remarkable work Asif Kapadian has achieved with this movie.
We are taken to a place in Northern India, in the Rajastan, where a feudal lord is seen at the beginning of the movie receiving payment from his tenants. As one poor peasant can't pay, the ruthless man instructs his head henchman to kill the man by beheading him. The warrior, after he gets home, has a change of heart, as he realizes the enormity of his crime.
The warrior and his teen aged son, embark in a trip to the mountains to get away from the feudal lord, but fate intervenes in that his former partners in crime finds the young man. These men take him to face the cruel lord, who orders him to be killed. The warrior, in the crowd witnesses his own son's death.
What follows is a trip to the mountains, alone, where the former warrior meets a young boy along the way who wants to stay with him. They form a bond, until the following avengers catch up with their old partner and there's a showdown. At the end, the former outlaw finds some sense of serenity by staying with his son's friend and her family, where he is welcome.
"The Warrior" is a film of rare beauty where great vistas of India, going from the arid locales of the beginning of the movie change drastically as the warrior goes to the Indian Himalayas, in sharp contrast with what the film has shown before. Irfan Khan plays the title role well under the direction of Mr. Kapadian.
This is a film that clamors to be discovered, as it will not disappoint because of the remarkable work Asif Kapadian has achieved with this movie.