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Genres:
Action & Adventure
Language:
English
Running time:
2:16:25
Partner rating:
PG-13
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Viggo Mortensen Frank T. Hopkins
  2. Omar Sharif Sheikh Riyadh
  3. Said Taghmaoui
  4. Dennis Quaid Sam Houston
  5. Billy Bob Thornton Davy Crockett
  6. Jason Patric Jim Bowie
  7. Patrick Wilson William Barret Travis
  8. Jordi Mollà Juan Seguin
  9. Emilio Echeverria Generalissimo Antonio Miguel Lopez de Santa Anna
  10. Louise Lombard Lady Anne Davenport
  11. Saïd Taghmaoui Prince Bin al Reeh

Directors

  1. Joe Johnston
  2. John Lee Hancock

Producers

  1. Casey Silver
  2. Brian Grazer
  3. Ron Howard
  4. Mark Johnson

Writers

  1. John Fusco

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Hidalgo

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Actor Viggo Mortensen made his first starring appearance in a film after his breakthrough performance in the Lord of the Rings trilogy with this period adventure. Frank T. Hopkins (Mortensen) is a U.S. Cavalry officer who earned a reputation as one of the fastest and most daring riders in the West; however, after taking part in the bloody massacre at Wounded Knee, Hopkins becomes disenchanted with the Cavalry, and once his hitch is up, he take... Actor Viggo Mortensen made his first starring appearance in a film after his breakthrough performance in the Lord of the Rings trilogy with this period adventure. Frank T. Hopkins (Mortensen) is a U.S. Cavalry officer who earned a reputation as one of the fastest and most daring riders in the West; however, after taking part in the bloody massacre at Wounded Knee, Hopkins becomes disenchanted with the Cavalry, and once his hitch is up, he takes a job as a rider with a seedy touring Wild West show. During an engagement in New York, Hopkins meets Aziz (Adam Alexi-Malle), an associate of wealthy Bedouin Sheikh Riyadh (Omar Sharif), who knows of Hopkins' talents and wants him to take part in "The Ocean of Fire," an annual 3,000-mile desert horse race running from Arabia to Iraq. Hopkins accepts the invitation and sails to the Middle East with his trusty mustang Hidalgo without knowing just what he's getting himself into. Once he arrives, Hopkins learns that the punishing race course claims the lives of nearly half its contestants, and that most of his competitors ride pure-bred Arabian stallions and do not regard Hidalgo and his master as worthy adversaries. Temporarily exiled to a land where freedom eludes the multitudes and class and wealth define one's fate, Hopkins finds himself riding for both honor and principle, with the support of Riyadh and his beautiful, headstrong daughter, Jazira (Zuleikha Robinson), though the Sheikh's nephew Katib (Silas Carson) is equally determined to see Hopkins go down in defeat. Hidalgo was directed by Joe Johnston, who previously worked with animals on the run in Jumanji and Jurassic Park III.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

46%Tomatometer score: 46% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Negative review
    Nev Pierce, BBC The stereotypes and blatant propaganda wouldn't irritate so much if the action itself wasn't so relentlessly dreary -- a desert of imagination, parched of original ideas. – Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    Peter Travers, Rolling Stone An adventure that never met a cliche it couldn't saddle, mount and ride for a butt-numbing two hours and sixteen minutes.
  3. Positive review
    Rex Reed, New York Observer An exciting, colorful and very appealing movie. – Full review External link
  4. Negative review
    Charles Taylor, Salon.com It's a manqu of a rousing adventure tale and not the real thing. You're constantly aware of the gulf between how the movie wants to excite you and the halfhearted execution. – Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Michael Booth, Denver Post Popcorn for us and oats for the horses, delivered by the tall drink of water that is Mortensen. – Full review External link
  6. Negative review
    Benjamin Strong, Village Voice A hybrid of both traditional and revisionist contradictions. – Full review External link
  7. Negative review
    Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper ... filled with cliches. – Full review External link

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