Taken from Rio Bravo

Its so bad i cant even tell you about the story whitout laughing, the actors are so bad and stiff that a robot would do it better !!! And the people behind the camwra how in gods name did they get this job, please join workers at McDonalds ! They should pay me for this time I never will get back looking at this sh..t !!! Who put upp the money for this turkey of a "movie" and the same people should put up more money for acting lesson for the 2 main caracter. And even more money to send the director and producer to a doesent school and learn how to make a dessert movine, beacuse this is not, do something else instead like put yourself on fire feels better !

This film is capable of conquering the heavens themselves. Alexander Nevsky once again shocked his fans with his brilliant vision of cinema. From the script to the direction, everything in this film is great. It is impossible to express in words the depth of my admiration. Man could not create this masterpiece. Only you, Alexander, the true incarnation of Apollo on earth, could have done this!

Watching your movie, I cried with happiness. My family wept with me, amazed at your unsurpassed genius. You've turned my perception of cinema upside down. Your representation of the Wild West was so historically accurate that I'm afraid you got access to Nikita Mikhalkov's secret documents. You have proved to the haters once and for all the insignificance of their claims. Bravo, Mr. Nevsky, Hollywood is at your feet.

Your place is not among people, but on Olympus!

It felt like watching porn, sans the smut. The actors really were so bad, I expected them to throw off all clothes and get down to business any second.

It could've been fantastic in it's own genre, had they done so.

Still giving it a rating of 2, because in some twisted way I enjoy suffering through a really bad movie.

Toward the end, things speed up and it's all very anticlimactic. Seems like everyone is tired of the whole mess, can see there's no way to make the movie any good and just want to wrap it up and call it a day.

To my horror, after it's over, they reveal that there are more movies featuring the same, wooden Russian character as the lead. They're just as bad as this, I'm sure.

I'll probably watch them, when I'm in the mood for some punishment.

Once again - it's too damn short! I know it's zero budget and etc, but I was spoiled by classic masterful B-movies and sydicated long running TV shows.

Pros:

• Some scenes are beautiful (riding through landscapes, knife fight and shootoot with mexicans),
• The continuation of story and lore (I like when characters remember what they said earlier),
• Cynthia and Don had nice little roles,
• It's kind of campy (sometimes, it's a plus for me),
• I can't deny that Joe Cornet gets better with directing and acting.

Cons:

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Have I told you it was too short? In my perfect world of dreams these characters (Ivan Turchin and Co.) have a TV show of 3 seasons 22 episodes each. I give it 10 out of 10 because Alexander Nevsky is controversial figure and amount of professional haters is pretty large. For me Alexander is a man who tought me through his books to avoid any steroids in sports. Looking forward for more sequels.

It would be mean to spoiler and deprive you of the watching joy, thus i limited my reviews to points which became better:

1. The plot - elaborated and consistent - great work.

2. Landscapes filming - just magnificent panoramas.

3. Shooting scenes - inheriting the best of westerns 4. Operator work (i rate some sequences better than in John Wick) 5. More first-class actors and new faces 6. Sudden comeback of some previous characters 7. English of the starring Alex Nevsky

One star less since the movie has too much flashbacks to the Gunfight at Rio Bravo.

The fan base knows the original by heart. And if you don't know it, just watch first.