Day of the Falcon

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  • Opened March 1, 2013 
  • 2 hr 10 min
  • R | Violence
  • Starring Antonio Banderas (Desperado), Mark Strong (Zero Dark Thirty), Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) and Tahar Rahim (The Eagle), Day of the Falcon is a soaring epic of honor, greed, betrayal and love from award-winning director Jean-Jacques Annaud (Enemy at the Gates). After years of bloody conflict, the leaders of two rival kingdoms reluctantly agree to end the fighting. But when oil is discovered between their territories, the war is re-ignited. Now it is up to their children - young lovers who have married in hopes of bringing the families together - to find a way to end the violence and bring peace to the land. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Tahar Rahim, Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto, Rizwan Ahmed
  • Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • Genres: Drama

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ISLAM is the Truth!

by Aerospace747

Very powerful inspirational story with great romance in it. This movie clearly depicts how ISLAM is truly a peaceful religion than any other in the world. A pure monotheistic religion since the first...

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The New York Times
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A far, far cry from “Lawrence of Arabia,” but it has its diversions. Read full review

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The Guardian
| Andrew Pulver

There's undoubtedly a good film to be made out of the scramble for oil in the Arabian desert in the 1920s – but this, for all its herculean efforts, is not it. Read full review

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Total Film
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Banderas hams and Pinto flutters. If it weren’t for Strong and some colourful art direction, you could chalk this up as a busted well. Read full review

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Variety
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Helmer/co-scripter Jean-Jacques Annaud's rep for spectacle over screenplay is again borne out in this overblown yet oddly anemic epic of warring Arabian tribes during the nascent oil boom. Read full review

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Tahar Rahim as Prince Auda in "Day of the Falcon."