Pathfinder (2007)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Marcus Nispel

Writers (WGA):

Laeta Kalogridis (screenplay)
Nils Gaup (1987 screenplay "Veiviseren")

Release Date:

13 April 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Thriller | War

Tagline:

Two Worlds, One War. The Ultimate Battle Begins.

Plot:

A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen. |

Plot Keywords:

Native | Viking | Native American | Shot In The Back | Mass Murder

Cast

Karl Urban	...	Ghost
Moon Bloodgood	...	Starfire
Russell Means	...	Pathfinder
Clancy Brown	...	Gunnar
Jay Tavare	...	Blackwing
Nathaniel Arcand	...	Wind In Tree
Ralf Moeller	...	Ulfar
Kevin Loring	...	Jester
Wayne Charles Baker	...	Indian Father (as Wayne C. Baker)
Michelle Thrush	...	Indian Mother
Nicole Muñoz	...	Little Sister
Burkely Duffield	...	Ghost - 12 Years Old
Ray G. Thunderchild	...	Elder #1
Duane Howard	...	Elder #2
Brandon Oakes	...	Elder #3

Also Known As:

Pathfinder: The Legend of the Ghost Warrior (USA) (promotional title)
Conquistadores (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
A barbár (Hungary) [hu]
Desbravadores (Brazil) [pt]
El guía del desfiladero (Spain) [es]
Le sang du guerrier (Canada: French title) [fr]
Pathfinder (Greece) (cable TV title) [el]
Pathfinder - Fährte des Kriegers (Germany) [de]
Pathfinder - La leggenda del guerriero vichingo (Italy) [it]
Pathfinder - Le sang du guerrier (France) [fr]
Pathfinder - Legenda aavesoturista (Finland) [fi]
Rajaleidja (Estonia) [et]
Tropiciel (Poland) [pl]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong brutal violence throughout.

Runtime:

99 min | 107 min (unrated DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Icelandic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:18SG | Germany:18 | Ireland:16 | UK:15 | France:-12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #42805) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:13 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-15 | USA:Unrated (unrated version) | Brazil:16 | Peru:14 | Australia:MA | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Both metal and rubber helmets were made. The rubber ones were used when actors did stunts. The metal ones would have injured their heads.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the beginning you see a white horse, but horses were not introduced to the America continent until 16th century when the Spanish conquistadors arrive. Also the horse is not of a breed that would have been used by the Vikings.

Quotes:

Ghost: Twig.
Pathfinder: Spear.

Movie Connections:

References King Arthur (2004)

visually arresting

Pathfinder was not nearly as bad as many people are making it out to be. True, the editing was mediocre at best, with the seasons clearly out of whack. There were some pretty odd incongruencies with language as well. The filmmakers relied on some trite Native American imagery and stereotypes...

But Pathfinder was obviously never about the plot or silly Viking outfits. Ultimately I think the filmmakers wanted to impress upon the viewers the starkness of the landscape of "uncivilized" North America, and how the people who lived there survived. One of the best lines in the movie is delivered when Ghost tells his lady friend that the Vikings know eternal winter, but "don't know our spring." I think the movie, in its own kind of botched way, did a good job conveying the awe, reverence and fear that the people who lived in N.A. had for the seasons and the natural environment.