Pathfinder (2007 film)
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| Pathfinder | |
 Promotional poster for Pathfinder |
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| Directed by | Marcus Nispel |
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| Produced by | Marcus Nispel Mike Medavoy Arnold W. Messer |
| Written by | Laeta Kalogridis |
| Starring | Karl Urban Moon Bloodgood Russell Means |
| Music by | Jonathan Elias |
| Cinematography | Daniel Pearl |
| Editing by | Jay Friedkin Glen Scantlebury |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | April 13, 2007 |
| Running time | 99 mins. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English, Icelandic |
| Budget | $31 million[1] |
Pathfinder is a 2007 action film directed by Marcus Nispel, starring Karl Urban and Moon Bloodgood. It was released on April 13, 2007 with the DVD released on July 31, 2007. It has been rated R by the MPAA for strong and brutal violence throughout.
The story involves a fictional conflict between Vikings and Native Americans around 800, two centuries before Leif Ericson actually set foot to the New World. Dark Horse has produced a graphic novel adaptation.[2][3]
The movie is based on a Norwegian film from 1987, with the same English title.
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[edit] Cast
- Karl Urban - Ghost
- Moon Bloodgood - Starfire
- Russell Means - Pathfinder
- Jay Tavare - Blackwing
- Clancy Brown - Gunnar
- Ralf Moeller - Ulfar
[edit] Plot summary
The boy who would come to be named Ghost was with a group of Viking colonizers who planned to exterminate the local population. Their longboat was shipwrecked, leaving Ghost as the traumatized sole survivor. A native woman finds Ghost in the wreckage and adopts him as her own son.
Years later, Ghost remains tormented by his dreams, which along with his different appearance, interfere with his ability to fully assimilate into the community. He has feelings for a young woman from an allied tribe named Starfire, the daughter of Pathfinder, a man searching for a worthy successor.
Later, while hunting and gathering with the group, a young girl from Ghost's tribe wanders off, encounters a Viking scouting party and is attacked. She escapes back to the village, but is followed by the Vikings. They raze the village and slaughter nearly everyone, except a few men whom they want to murder individually in "duels."
Ghost arrives back at the village too late to save the villagers and sees his adoptive father murdered by Gunnar, the Viking leader. The Vikings decide to make Ghost duel; he maims his opponent and escapes. Injured during the pursuit, he hides in a cave where he is found by the allied tribe's hunting party. They bring him home, and the warriors discuss taking the initiative against the Viking invaders. Ghost, however, informs them of the savagery and ferocity of their foe, and warns them that their wood and stone weapons are no match for the metal armour and blades of the Vikings. Ghost advises the villagers that their only chance of survival is to flee, and he departs to take on the Vikings alone.
He finds that he has been covertly followed by a mute admirer. In an abandoned village, they set a series of traps. Starfire, meanwhile, has chosen to leave the tribe and finds Ghost and his colleague. The three kill the Vikings off individually, stealing armor and weapons. Pathfinder, like his daughter, also finds Ghost and joins the fight. Eventually, both the mute and Pathfinder are killed, and Ghost and Starfire are captured. Ghost is recognized as the son of a Viking. The Vikings threaten to torture Starfire if Ghost will not betray the location of other villages, so Ghost agrees to help the Vikings.
Having gained the Vikings' trust, Ghost leads them along a dangerous mountain path. He insists that everyone be tied together to reduce the risk of members falling off the high cliff, and the Vikings do as he says. Using a sling, Ghost then creates a domino effect so the entire string of Vikings falls over the cliff, all tied together: only Gunnar cuts himself free in time. After a duel on the mountainside with Gunnar, Ghost deals him a fatal blow, leaving him hanging over the cliff edge, held only by Ghost's sword. Gunnar asks for death by the sword, saying he is the last of Ghost's kind in the land: Ghost coldly replies "You're not my kind" and shoves Gunnar off the cliff to his death.
Ghost returns to Starfire with Pathfinder's necklace, thus making Starfire the new Pathfinder after her father. Ghost assumes his position as the Coast Watcher, bravest of their tribe, charged with ensuring the Vikings never return.
[edit] Graphic novel
The film was adapted into a graphic novel, from Dark Horse Comics.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Pathfinder (2007)". The Movie Insider. http://www.themovieinsider.com/m527/pathfinder/. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
- ^ Dark Horse Comics > Profile > Pathfinder TPB
- ^ Studio Ronin | Comic Books
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Official trailer
- Pathfinder Set Visit - Part 1
- Pathfinder Set Visit - Part 2
- Pathfinder at the Internet Movie Database
- Pathfinder at Allmovie
- Pathfinder at Rotten Tomatoes
- Detailed Comparison between Theatrical Version and Unrated Edition
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