Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%

Critic Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes

"Breathtakingly beautiful, breathtakingly brutal and simply breathtaking."
‑ Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Instead of a laudable ecological crusade, the film feels more like a futile Captain Ahab obsession, with patrol leader Ri Tai (Duobujie) vainly chasing a poaching kingpin through the harsh, windy wilderness."
‑ Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
"Moby Dick with a progressive spin."
‑ Jeffrey Chen, Window to the Movies
"Mixes environmental awareness and spiritual mindfulness with its chase scenes through grand scenery."
‑ Marrit Ingman, Austin Chronicle
"Mountain Patrol, peppered with shocking revelations of just how suddenly and brutally death can come calling, has the look and feel of a documentary."
‑ Larry Ratliff, San Antonio Express-News
"Much of the time, the movie plays like a catalog of challenges sprawled over terrain so forbidding that you can't watch it without feeling a steep measure of awe."
‑ Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
"One of the most beautiful and disturbing widescreen epics in last year's Seattle International Film Festival."
‑ John Hartl, Seattle Times
"One of those films that opens eyes to distant lands and problems and yet carries a sense of drama and a humane moral tone that conveys an appeal that's simultaneously exotic and universal."
‑ Jack Garner, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
"A fascinating oddity, marked by amazing locales and a narrative that continually subverts your expectations...the effect is hypnotic."
‑ Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion
"A strange and sometimes compelling film that absolutely transports you to a remote corner of the world but doesn't quite do enough to make you feel steady on your feet once you get there."
‑ Shawn Levy, Oregonian
"An epic story of white-knuckle tension in a setting of harsh, unearthly beauty, it's the kind of story Hemingway might have told if he'd made it to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region."
‑ Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"An ode to the great sacrifices that often accompany the will to do the right thing."
‑ Rob Humanick, Projection Booth
"The film's most memorable visual spectacle, of a man getting sucked into a pool of quicksand, is also the most resonant. Man may think he rules over nature, but it can take him back at any moment."
‑ Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star
"Duobuji shows he has a strong, charismatic presence in his role as the patrol leader, Ritai."
‑ Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
"It's an absurdist, quixotic and sloooow journey that leads our heroes to the banal face of evil."
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