The Indians are depicted here as a harmonious community who, despite their wariness about their adopted white guest Ghost, are peaceful and productive. Ironically, they refer to the cultures they crush as "savages" when there is clearly no one more barbaric than themselves. Sure, they believe in honor and a valorous death but they are brutal and relentless in their quest to conquer and pillage. The Vikings, who are white, are out and out bad. Pathfinder's culture clash premise is boiled down to its most basic, primal core. Indians tale (insert your sports joke here) the original film took place in medieval Scandinavia. The story has been re-imagined as a Vikings vs. It should be noted that Pathfinder is a loose remake of Ofelas, which was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film in 1988. 300 is a far superior film, but Pathfinder is an entertaining little oddity that should become a minor cult classic in time. Pathfinder makes for a fun albeit lesser companion piece to 300 in so far as both films seem to owe more to fantasy and fanboy escapism than they do to historical accuracy. It's as simple in its premise and execution as 300, another recent period movie about men in loincloths battling an overwhelming horde of ruthless invaders. When the "Dragon Men" return fifteen years later to conquer the Indians and plunder their land, Ghost stands with his adopted tribe against the ruthless invaders.That's Pathfinder in a nutshell. Although raised by the indigenous people who found him, Ghost is not truly one of them and so remains torn between two worlds. I was shocked by the acting on show here, especially with films like The Number 23, Sunshine and 28 Weeks Later, all releasing in the same year.Fox's historical actioner Pathfinder, directed by Marcus Nispel, follows Ghost (Karl Urban), a Viking who was shipwrecked as a boy on the coast of America centuries before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. The rest of the supporting cast just falls flat and bring nothing new to their characters overall. Karl Urban does add much to the role to fill out, the struggling Viking, living, growing in a world of adapting traits. The acting here is shallow and does not add much to the overall film. What follows is a battle for survival between the natives and the Vikings and causes Ghost to confront a life that he thought abandoned him. Ghost still in possession of his father’s sword, fleas the camp. Soon his village is attacked and destroyed and all its inhabitants killed by the new invaders.
Fifteen years go by, Ghost still living among, still needs to earn his status as a warrior. The only survivor being the Viking leader’s son, who is adopted by a native woman, after being taken in by the local tribe, he is given the name “Ghost” after his paleness. The Viking party is wiped out by another native tribe. The film opens as Vikings arrive in North American and begin to slaughter the Native population.
So like a true Viking I ventured into the unknown. It looked very much like a film of its time and seems to drip with gothic horror style, while adding lots of action. As I arrived on Disney+ and its new excellent Star collection, I came across Pathfinder, I instantly went and watched the trailer for this film. One, I could delve back into the world of Ragnar and his sons or two, I could venture out on my own voyage and try to find more Viking goodness. I became somewhat lost without having the opportunity to delve into the Norse world. But years later when another Viking party invades, he must defend his adopted tribe.Īfter binging the entirety of Vikings, over lockdown. It stars Karl Urban as Ghost, Clancy Brown as Gunnar, Ralf Möller as Ulfar, Moon Bloodgood as Starfire, Russell Means as Pathfinder, Jay Tavare as Blackwing and Nathaniel Arcand as Wind In Tree.Ī young Viking boy, the lone survivor of a shipwreck, is adopted and raised by Native Americans. Pathfinder is a 2007 action film directed by Marcus Nispel.