"Narrative elegance and rapturous imagery highlight The Warrior...[as well as] the dark charisma of leading man Khan...and lovely vistas."
-- Peter Canavese, GROUCHO REVIEWS
4/5 "A beautiful and affecting meditation on what it takes to bring about peace."
-- Jurgen Fauth, ABOUT.COM
3/5 "Although the plot is over-simplistic, Kapadia sucks us into his exotic world using cinematic magic."
-- Francesca Franklyn, BBC
"A work of rare and consuming integrity"
-- Janos Gereben, CULTUREVULTURE.NET
2.5/5 "In the end it feels rather thin and less than the sum of its handsome parts."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
2.5/4 "Engaging and suspenseful, and never less than thoughtful."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
3.5/4 "An expressively visual fable about a Rajput warrior who gives up a life of violence and bloodshed in exchange for a religious pilgrimage."
-- James Verniere, BOSTON HERALD
4/5 "Kapadia constantly proves himself to be a director with not only an astonishingly rich visual imagination but also a strong sense of narrative, intelligently integrating a handful of flashbacks."
-- Chris Wiegand, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
3/5 Click to read the article.
-- FILM THREAT
3/5 "This is a timeless tale; the time period is irrelevant as the story is a profoundly personal one about trying to reject the strong internal drive for vengeance."
-- Rich Cline, FILM THREAT
"A visually stunning achievement."
-- Scott Foundas, L.A. WEEKLY
"A mournful meditation on killing for a living, Asif Kapadia's film is by turns poetic and preachy. It's also unexpectedly gripping."
-- Cynthia Fuchs, POPMATTERS
2.5/4 "I much prefer the full-throated passion of The Gate of the Sun, but it's to the film's credit that it's able to say so much with very little words."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
8/10 "Khan lets us see Lafcadia’s soul through his eyes... Despite the lack of dialogue, the cinematography and the music and the story and the acting are magical."
-- Tony Medley, TONYMEDLEY.COM
B+ "Cross between Sergio Leone and Akira Kurusowa,The Warrior was made during 11 months in the Rajasthan desert with 600 'extras': horses, camels, scorpions, wild dogs."
-- Moira Sullivan, FILMFESTIVALS.COM
3.5/4 "The leading man has a sorrowful and introspective expression throughout the picture, but it seems like more... it seems like language."
-- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK CRITIC
A "The point is as clear as the breathtaking vistas: Corrupt and powerful rulers are to be resisted for the sake of humanity. And that makes this period piece as current as any rabble-rousing political documentary."
-- E! ONLINE
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-- Rich Cline, SHADOWS ON THE WALL
