A meaningful, and well paced tale of a killer seeking redemption in a world that's felt his touch of death.

| Apr 29, 2009

"The Warrior" is a timeless and lyrical movie set against the stunning beauty of the Himalayan Mountains.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 16, 2009

Its deadly pacing and almost word-free screenplay make it seem like a very long slog indeed.

| Mar 1, 2007

Sumptuous and profound, this is a stunning debut.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

The Warrior plays out like one big roll in the dirt and one long wargame.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 4, 2006

A starkly beautiful and poignant film of evil, family, transformation and redemption set in ancient India.

| Original Score: B | Feb 25, 2006

Considering that this is a film set in feudal India of an indefinite era, the film should be surprisingly thoughtful and engaging for American audience.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 25, 2005

Director Asif Kapadia mixes suggestions of violence (mostly off-screen) with sumptuous cinematography and a touch of the mystical.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 24, 2005

A sublime rarity, with its renegade warrior's inner struggle reflecting our wayward society's quest to rediscover its lost soul.

Full Review | Dec 8, 2005

If subtitles turn you off of foreign movies, you won't have much of a problem with this one. Most of the film is carried by Khan's expressive face.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 4, 2005

It's little more than a spaghetti western (which here might be called a chapati western), that elevates itself by not sticking entirely with its revenge intended theme.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 30, 2005

It is hardly the most original story, but Kapadia, the British-born son of Indian immigrants, infuses it so much with stately resonance and spiritual reverence, that it never seems remotely shopworn, much less laborious.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 5, 2005

Long before the end, it takes on the quality of a wise fable and reveals itself as an enriching experience.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 29, 2005

If you can forgive its lapses in storytelling and character development, then Kapadia's 2001 feature filmmaking debut delivers, at minimum, an impressive visual account of a worthwhile spiritual journey.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 29, 2005

A mournful meditation on killing for a living, Asif Kapadia's film is by turns poetic and preachy. It's also unexpectedly gripping.

| Jul 29, 2005

An expressively visual fable about a Rajput warrior who gives up a life of violence and bloodshed in exchange for a religious pilgrimage.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 29, 2005

A film for moviegoers who love powerful stories and ravishing imagery.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 28, 2005

There's a pinch of Akira Kurosawa, a sprinkle of Clint Eastwood, and heaps of originality in this.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 28, 2005

What is best in the film is its depiction of the warrior's epic journey, photographed with breathtaking beauty and simplicity by Roman Osin.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 28, 2005

A work of rare and consuming integrity

Full Review | Jul 21, 2005