Pathfinder

When reviewing a movie the ideally wants to make some connection with the movie, either something they really enjoyed or something they really disliked, the hardest movies to review are those they leave you somewhere in the middle. It is in those moments the reviewer ends up fixating on some small details form which they are able to squeeze out a reasonable review. Pathfinder left me with a reaction, but not a reaction I am particularly comfortable with.

There are bad movies and then are movies like this despicable excuse for what passes a motion picture. The sad thing is I really thought this movie had something. Pathfinder is about a Viking child, Karl Urban, that is abandoned by his family after he failed to participate in the carnage they wreaked on an unsuspecting Native American village. The young warrior is orphaned and shortly thereafter is discovered and raised by one of the tribes that did not initially fall victim to the Vikings. I know, I know this has the makings of something kind of interesting, well believe me when I tell you there was nothing interesting happening here at all. This was one of the hollowest stories I have seen on screen in a while. I mean at least with a movie like Electra it was terrible, but terrible in the car accident sense where it was awful, but interesting. This movie was not even interesting, even now I am having a hard time recalling any details from the action sequences. All I remember are much of guys running around on horse-back with big fur coats with metal helmets and Karl Urban wearing next to nothing fighting them off. There was nothing memorable or worthwhile here. And it sux because I actually like Urban, but he is clearly not cut out to lead, he is a good number 3 or 4, but he should be no where near the headlining role. It was bound to happen eventually congrats Pathfinder you are officially the worst movie I have seen so far this year, and it is not even close.

GRADE – F