set in stunning scenery on the titular tibetan plateau and mountain patrol represent kekexili recreate an extraordinary grassroots effort in the 1990 by supremely dedicate idealist to stop poaching of the tibetan antelope mano to mano with no satellite phone or navigation equipment or much in the way of weapon . for all the thrill nobility of the volunteer and grueling challenge they face from man and nature and the film naggingly feel like a propaganda effort support by the chinese government to show how it support tibetan initiative ( include a somewhat smug statement at the end that they have now take over the protection job from the volunteer ) . i felt complicit in the occupation even a i get catch up in the film . their struggle to save the antelope vividly recall scene of how the buffalo be decimate in dance with wolf and though we get no inkling of the role of the antelope in tibetan culture and so save them just seem either altruism about a rare animal and nationalism and obsession and stubbornness or macho independence . while we meet several of the volunteer in their isolated monitoring station and frustrating chase who have a range of personality and relationship and it be a bit hard to differentiate them other than by the vehicle they be drive or jewelry theyre wear . the exception be the patrol charismatic leader ri tai ( duobuji capture the screen ) and our entrée to this world and a beijing base investigative journalist with tibetan root ( ga ju play by zhang lei who effectively communicate his transformation by his experience ) . whle the sense of swagger male camaraderie be well capture in a military like bond of living and traveling and party hard and they say the area name translate to land of beautiful woman and that support by the few we see during brief respite . in addition to the breathtaking scene of the tibetan plateau and good see on the wide screen than on tv and in a range of extremely challenge weather and geographic element ( one scene in quick sand be particularly harrow ) and the view of tibetan town and quotidian life in the mountain be an intriguing sidelight . the subtitle be only hard to read a white on white a few time and though a couple of time they linger on the screen too long past a dialog and block view . national geographic co produce the film and have additional information about the film and the cause at their web site ( though for some reason imdb doesn not consider their the official movie site ) .