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Director Joe Johnston has always had an entertaining sense of adventure, and with Hidalgo he proves it in spades. It's yet another underrated film for Johnston (along with such enjoyable popcorn flicks as The Rocketeer and Jurassic Park III), dismissed by many critics but a welcome treat for anyone drawn to good ol'-fashioned movie excitement. In his first role since playing Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Viggo Mortensen brings handsome appeal to his low-key portrayal of Frank T. Hopkins, a real-life long-distance horse racer who, as the movie opens, has witnessed the appalling massacre of Native Americans at Wounded Knee in 1890. Drifting into Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, he agrees to compete, with his trusty mustang, Hidalgo, in 'The Ocean of Fire,' a treacherous 3,000-mile horse race across the Arabian desert. Toss in a bunch of conspiring competitors, a noble sheik (Omar Sharif), his lovely daughter (Zuleikha Robinson), and enough fast-paced danger to fill 133 minutes, and you've got a rousing, humorous, and lightly spiritual adventure that's a lot of fun to watch. It hardly matters that it's almost pure fiction (the real Hopkins was known by many as 'a pathological liar'). More important is the love of movies and moviemaking that Johnston so delightfully conveys. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - Hidalgo DVD
Hidalgo is a classic movie for all times; a movie of adventure
and courage and the stamina of a man and his horse in a 5000 mile
horse race across Arabian deserts; a movie with adventure and a
wholesome touch of romance; a movie of the value of high standards
in the face of adversity. Hildalgo is a movie of the victory of
honesty over dishonesty and evil schemes.
Dino Quintanilla
Garland, Texas
Rating: - Outstanding High-Definition movie
This captures the great Wild West. Much of the movie was filmed near Hot Springs,South Dakota-an authentic town- historically- from the old west. Images in high-definition(Blu-Ray) are awesome. I would recommend this highly. Viggo Mortensen is that rare actor that captures authenticity. The scenes with the horses are great! A wild horse sanctuary is located near the filming location of 'Hidalgo'. I know, Hot Springs was my hometown as a boy!
Rating: - "You survived the sandstorm! Allah must have a more severe judgment awaiting you."
Now I don't know just how true to life are the events in HIDALGO, but I do know it's a hell of a good story. Viggo Mortensen parlayed his iconic performance from LORD OF THE RINGS into starring in this spectacular, riproaring "western." Except that this film mostly takes place in the scorching Arabian sands. But, then again, it does feature a short-talking, straight-shooting cowboy and his trusty horse, so at its heart HIDALGO is a western.
It's loosely based on the life and times of ... Read More
Rating: - Good For All
This recount of the life and times of Frank Hopkins is fun to watch, thought provoking, and heartwarming. Even if one has not lived such an exciting life, it is easy to relate to some of the personal trials while wishing for such fun.
As the story evolves around a 3,000 mile race, Hopkins' Mustang is clearly the underdog. Hopkins and Hildago (the paint Mustang) must each face the harsh desert and its perills, the "bad guys", and personal conflicts.
Hopkins competed in races around ... Read More
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