Alex MacNicoll

Poppy Drayton

Rocky Myers

Alina Kovalenko

Robert Patrick

Tommy Flanagan

Alison Doody

Andrii Isaienko

Oleh Voloshchenko

Tserenbold Tsegmid

Ayan Utepbergenov

Viktor Zhdanov

Erzhan Nurymbet

Oleh Stefanov

Oliver Trevena

Maryna Koshkina

Stanislav Lozovsky

Oleksandr Laptii

Ivan Franko

Josh Atchley

Akhtem Seitablaiev

Yurii Karnovskyi

Jeff Rice

RJ Collins

Yurii Korol

John Wynn

Yehor Olesov

Taras Myskiv

Oleh Verenko

Dmytro Vasylenko

Vladyslav Driuchyn

Nikita Lopatnikov

Alla Leonova

Viktor Onysko

Hanna Havryliuk

Viktor Shchyogolev

Yaroslav Voytseshek

Anatoliy Titarenko

Nathan Moore

Artem Sushilnikov

Rich Ronat

Venus Kanani

Olha Klymenko

Anastasiia Chorna

Egor Borschevsky

Elena Mas

Daryna Lukashenko

Pavel Avilov

Vladlen Odudenko

Roman Kladko

Alina Chernobai

Dmytro Rudyi

Konstantin Listratov

Dmitry Aleksandrov

Antonina Belinska

Oleksandr Datii

Yuri Radayev

Oleksandr Suvorov

Anna Malienko

Amy Costa

Maksym Ponomarchuk

Dan Zolotarenko

Aleksandr Titarenko

Olga Kozhema

Action

History

Drama

The Rising Hawk

Kinorob

Cinema Day

Ukrainian State Film Agency

Ukraine

United States of America

**_Onslaught of the hordes in the Carpathian Mountains_**

During the 1200s people living in the Carpathian Mountains in what is today western Ukraine have to unite in order to withstand the invading Mongols led by Burunda Khan.   

A joint American-Ukrainian production, "The Rising Hawk" (2019) is a sword & sandal flick that includes elements of "Attila" (2001), "Taras Bulba" (1962), "Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan" (2007), "Viking Destiny" (2018) and "The Lost Future" (2010). While it’s better than “Taras Bulba,” it’s not as good as the others, although it comes close. The beginning and ending are quite good, but somewhere in the middle it loses its mojo a bit.

While this is a part-Ukrainian production and was shot in the Carpathian Mountains, the key members of the cast are either American or from the British Isles. The exceptions are a couple second tier cast members, like the actors playing Petro, Rosana and Burunda, the latter being from Mongolia. No doubt the background characters are from Ukraine & nearby regions.

Oliver Trevena stands out in the cast as the animated Bohun. Meanwhile Poppy Drayton is lovely as Myroslava. The score is exceptional.

The film runs 2 hours, 5 minutes, and was shot in Zakarpattia, Ukraine, which is in extreme western Ukraine, with studio stuff done in Kyiv.

GRADE: B

English

Fall of a Kingdom | UK Trailer | 2020 | Historical Action

The Rising Hawk- Official Teaser Trailer [HD]