Pathfinder (2007 film)

Infobox Film
name = Pathfinder


caption = Promotional poster for "Pathfinder"
director = Marcus Nispel
producer = Marcus Nispel
Mike Medavoy
Arnold W. Messer
writer = Laeta Kalogridis
narrator =
starring = Karl Urban
Moon Bloodgood
music = Jonathan Elias
cinematography = Daniel Pearl
editing = Jay Friedkin
Glen Scantlebury
distributor = 20th Century Fox
released = April 13, 2007
runtime = 99 mins.
country = USA
language = English, Icelandic
budget = $31 million [cite web | url=http://www.themovieinsider.com/m527/pathfinder/ | title=Pathfinder (2007) | publisher=The Movie Insider | accessdate=2006-12-21 ]
Total Gross = $29,928,291
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.pathfinderthemovie.com/
amg_id = 1:337139
imdb_id = 0446013

"Pathfinder" is a 2007 action film directed by Marcus Nispel, starring Karl Urban and Moon Bloodgood. It was released on April 13 2007 with the DVD released on July 31 2007. It has been rated R by the MPAA for strong and brutal violence throughout.

The story involves a conflict between Vikings and Native Americans six centuries before Columbus came to the New World. In reality, the Vikings did briefly settle Newfoundland in present-day Canada around 1000. Dark Horse has produced a graphic novel adaptation of the same name. [ [http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=14-123 Dark Horse Comics > Profile > Pathfinder TPB ] ] [ [http://www.studioronin.com/comicbooks_pathfinder.htm Studio Ronin | Comic Books ] ]

The movie is based on a Norwegian film from 1987, with the same English title.

Cast

*Karl Urban - Ghost
*Moon Bloodgood - Starfire
*Russell Means - Pathfinder
*Jay Tavare - Blackwing
*Clancy Brown - Gunnar
*Ralf Moeller - Ulfar

Plot summary

The boy who would come to be named Ghost was with a group of Viking colonizers who planned to exterminate the local population. Their dragon ship was somehow destroyed with the passengers brutally killed, leaving Ghost as the traumatized sole surviver. A native woman finds Ghost in the wreckage and adopts him as her own son.

Years later, Ghost remains tormented by his dreams, which along with his different appearance, interfere with his ability to fully assimilate into the community. He has feelings for a young woman from an allied tribe named Starfire, the daughter of Pathfinder, a man searching for a worthy successor.

Later, while hunting and gathering with the group, a young girl from Ghost's tribe wanders off, encounters a Viking and is attacked. She escapes back to the village, but is followed by the Vikings. They raze the village and slaughter nearly everyone, except a few men whom they want to murder individually in "duels." Ghost arrives back at the village too late. The Vikings decide to make Ghost duel; he maims his opponent and escapes. Injured during the pursuit, he hides in a cave where he is found by the allied tribe's hunting party. They bring him home, and the warriors discuss taking the initiative against the Viking invaders. Ghost, however, warns them that their wood and stone weapons are no match for the Vikings' metal armour and blades. Ghost advises the villagers that their only chance of survival is to flee, and he departs to take on the Vikings alone.

He finds that he has been covertly followed by a mute admirer. In an abandoned village, they set a series of traps. Starfire, meanwhile, has chosen to leave the tribe and finds Ghost and his colleague. The three kill the Vikings off individually, stealing armor and weapons. Pathfinder, like his daughter, also finds Ghost and joins the fight. Eventually, both the mute and Pathfinder are killed, and Ghost and Starfire are captured. Ghost is recognized as the son of a Viking. The Vikings threaten to torture Starfire if Ghost will not betray the location of other villages, so Ghost agrees to help the Vikings.

Having gained the Vikings' trust, Ghost leads them along a dangerous mountain path. He insists that everyone be tied together to reduce the risk of members falling off the high cliff, and the Vikings do as he says. Clever Ghost then creates a domino effect so the entire string of Vikings falls over the cliff, all tied together. After a duel on the mountainside with the Viking leader, Ghost eventually shoves the invader off the edge of the cliff, ending his life. Ghost returns to Starfire with Pathfinder's necklace, thus making Starfire the new Pathfinder after her father. Ghost assumes his position as the Coast Watcher, bravest of their tribe.

Footnotes

ee also

*Vinland
*Vinland map
*Norse colonization of the Americas

External links

* [http://www.pathfinderthemovie.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/pathfinder/hd/ Official trailer]
* [http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14804 "Pathfinder" Set Visit - Part 1]
* [http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14805 "Pathfinder" Set Visit - Part 2]
*imdb title|id=0446013 |title=Pathfinder
*rotten-tomatoes|id=pathfinder|title=Pathfinder
* [http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=4202&In=WikE Detailed Comparison between Theatrical Version and Unrated Edition]