the picture talk upon frank hopkins ( viggo mortensen ) a real cowboy who participate with a horse call ¨hidalgo¨ in an extraordinary racehorse represent ¨ ocean of fire¨ and a 3 . 000 mile survival race across the risky arabian desert . he will take on ominous arab rider and many danger . the confrontation will be terrible and he will face off impose wind and locust plague and quicksand . though he will love to arab princess ( zuleikha robinson ) and a sheik daughter ( omar shariff ) too . the film be base on historic deed and famous people and thus represent the ¨wounded knee slaughter¨ ( 1890 ) and besides appear represent buffalo bill cody ( j. k. simmons ) and annie oakley ( elizabeth berridge ) and indian chief represent eagle horn ( floyd red crow westerman ) and sit bull and crazy horse and big foot . the final duel amongst the horseman be breathtaking and overwhelm . the motion picture blend adventure and action and a love story and emotion and be pretty amuse . from the beginning to the end the adventure action be unstoppable and it fast move and for that reason pack a lot of entertainment . set and production design be spellbind and the oriental landscape be mesmerize . special effect ( fx ) by industrial light magic ( property of george lucas ) be top notch and a especially the impressible digital storm . the movie be correctly direct by joe johnston and include a riveting shelly johnson cinematography and fascinate james newton howard musical score . the film obtain success at the box office of all the world and in united state be number one . the flick will appeal to oriental adventure enthusiast and viggo mortensen fan . rating represent very good and well worth watch .