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I wish I could say Pathfinder rises above such omens, but unfortunately I can't.The film begins with a Tarzan-esque flashback. Postponing a film's debut several times is never a good sign, but when the final release falls on Friday the 13th, then there's real reason to worry. After no less than six different scheduled release dates, Pathfinder finally arrived in theaters with little fanfare on April 13, 2007, nearly ten months after its original planned opening. Some have become smash hits (the Lord of the Rings trilogy, 300), while others have had a harder time finding an audience ( Alexander, Kingdom of Heaven). The Pathfinder is a 1952 American adventure western film directed by Cast: Karl Urban (Ghost), Moon Bloodgood (Starfire), Russell Means (Pathfinder), Clancy Brown (Gunmar), Ralf Moeller (Ulfar), Jay Tavares (Black Wing), Nathaniel Arcand (Wind in Tree), Kevin Loring (Jester), Wayne Charles Baker (Father), Burkeley Duffield (Ghost - 12 years old), Stefany Mathias (Mother)Films created on an epic scale have grown in number since the turn of the millennium.
The boy, now 27 and christened as "Ghost" (Karl Urban), frequently isolates himself from others. They argue that the boy may turn on them and betray them, but the woman and her husband (Wayne Charles Baker) offer to take responsibility for him.We then flash forward fifteen years. She brings him to her tribe, much to the protests of the council members. She stumbles upon an abandoned Viking ship filled with corpses.While others may decide to flee such a grim scene, she explores it further and comes across a frail 12-year old boy (Burkeley Duffield).
Scenes usually consist of either fairly graphic action or cryptic musings. Pathfinder offers little in the way of story material. Once they've all caught up with Ghost, plans are made for an ensuing battle against Gunmar and his men, who are still wandering about looking for Ghost, other tribes, or both.If you think that's a fairly slim plot, you'd be correct. Select members of the surviving tribe (including Black Wing, Starfire, and Pathfinder) come to the decision to fight back rather than runaway with the others. After warning everyone that the Vikings are coming, Ghost sets out to tackle them himself, assisted by the clumsy mute Jester (Kevin Loring).
Editing can't be blamed, either, as there is no indication in the commentary that anything substantial was cut out outside of the scenes featured in the supplements.A few films miraculously get away with messy storytelling if they can provide a memorable cast of characters and rousing action. That excuse can't apply here, though, as Pathfinder is an "original" screenplay. Things like this sometimes occur when a film is based on a novel and cuts corners assuming the audience is familiar with the source material. To reach every simple plot point that can be seen a mile away, it makes very bizarre and random choices without rhyme or reason. This film can't rise to that task, either. With some films, it isn't about what's being said, but rather how it's being said.
While Gunmar is introduced intriguingly (he berates his men for playfully torturing a native rather than honorably killing him with a sword), he still ends up coming across as a two-dimensional villain. Everyone else feels like the same character split up with different faces.The Vikings aren't much better. The only somewhat endearing character in the whole piece is Jester, and he's merely comic relief without any lines. There's little dialogue in the film, and what's there can't even define the people we see, let alone give them names outside of the credits. My first reaction was how she was able to pinpoint him when everyone else is also rather humdrum. In one scene, a little girl asks Ghost why he's so serious.
Note that the version being reviewed is the Unrated Cut, which runs seven minutes longer than the theatrical cut. It had the potential to be something special, but instead comes across as simply bland. The staging just feels by-the-book, with nothing breaking the mold.Despite its relatively short running time, I found myself bored throughout Pathfinder. There's no real sense of urgency or peril, even with throwaway character deaths. The action also feels very ordinary and nothing special. If our protagonist didn't understand both languages, then the choice would be an interesting one since it would make the villains seem aloof to us while the tribes come across as more tangible.Because Ghost is bilingual, though, the gimmick ends up as both curious and useless.
The soundtrack on this disc arrives in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1, the difference of which is negligible here. Blacks remained deep and solid, though there was some fine grain on the picture that may or may not have been intentional. Colors, though, seemed to be presented well, adhering to the film's desaturated visual style. Since a screener copy (in which all of the disc contents are crammed onto a single layer) was used for this review, the picture quality experienced by me, plagued with compression artifacts and noise, is not indicative of the final product. Whether the seamless nature of the re-inserted footage was the result of good editing and color timing or a lack of interest on my part is up to you.DTS 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (English)Subtitles: English, English for Hearing Impaired, French, Spanish Closed CaptionedPathfinder is presented in a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. There are some graphic shots, to be sure, but considering the theatrical version was R-rated to begin with, what we see here doesn't come close to NC-17 territory as the disc title may suggest.
While Nispel occasionally falls into that territory, he's often fairly interesting. Single-participant commentaries can be rather dry and tedious. Less than a quarter of the budget), Fox has treated Pathfinder to a fairly solid disc.The first extra is an audio commentary track by director Marcus Nispel.
Nispel returns to comment on these scenes, admitting how redundant some of them are. The comedic scenes (including flatulence and a peek at someone's, erm, "package") just feel bizarrely out of tune with the rest of the film. The excess content was deleted for good reason: the serious scenes are redundant and spout out information covered elsewhere. Most of these are actually extended versions of sequences that made it into the final film. It still turns out to be more listenable than expected, though, especially considering the solo nature and the quality of the film in question.Next, we have seven deleted scenes (10:15), presented non-color-timed in a letterbox format, complete with timestamps. This - coupled with some slow spots and a lack of explanation for random plot points - hinders the track from becoming truly satisfactory.
"The Build" (5:08) offers more of the same, as we see the construction of various sets and the materials that went into the costumes and props. "The Design" (6:31) goes through the creation of sets and costumes via various experiments in concept art. "The Beginning" (5:13) deals with the pre-production process and how the makers wanted the film to look and feel like a graphic novel come to life.
"The Stunts" (5:34) is pretty self-explanatory, showcasing the use of wirework and stunt doubles for the film's action sequences.
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