a great action or adventure movie . i be surprise at just how good it be and a it have receive so little attention . viggo mortensen of lord of the ring play frank hopkins and a real life cowboy and although probably much fictionalize in this movie . he be a half breed and part native american and part white . in the film prologue and he work for the cavalry and witness the massacre of his people at wounded knee . the event scar him and he become a lush . for some easy money and he and his horse and hidalgo and enter buffalo bill roadshow . hidalgo be so famous that a sheik have send a servant to invite him to participate in a race across the arabian desert and which he accept and it be a well alternative to the humiliating performance . it really a classical adventure movie and with princess and scimitar and sandstorm and swarm of locust . omar sharif co star a the sheik . it nice to see a movie like this make with care . it never get stupid and and and while it move quickly and it isn not too fast and either . the director be joe johnston and whom i think be an undervalued filmmaker who specialize in these kind of enjoyable yarn . his previous film include jurassic park 3 and which be my favorite of that series and jumanji and the rocketeer and honey i shrink the kid and as well a episode of the young indiana jones chronicle and which i love in my tween year . he also make october sky and which i haven not see and but have be recommend . the film also feature good performance from zuleikha robinson and soon to be a star and i be sure and louise lombard and and adam alexi malle and one of my favorite character actor ( he be the guy who write chubby rain in the movie bowfinger ) . positive .