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

Yehor Olesov

RJ Collins

Yurii Korol

John Wynn

Jeff Rice

Taras Myskiv

Oleh Verenko

Dmytro Vasylenko

Nikita Lopatnikov

Vladyslav Driuchyn

Viktor Onysko

Rich Ronat

Antonina Belinska

Yaroslav Voytseshek

Venus Kanani

Olha Klymenko

Vladlen Odudenko

Yuri Radayev

Anastasiia Chorna

Pavel Avilov

Artem Sushilnikov

Amy Costa

Alla Leonova

Oleksandr Datii

Oleksandr Suvorov

Anna Malienko

Alina Chernobai

Viktor Shchyogolev

Olga Kozhema

Anatoliy Titarenko

Konstantin Listratov

Aleksandr Titarenko

Elena Mas

Nathan Moore

Dan Zolotarenko

Maksym Ponomarchuk

Egor Borschevsky

Roman Kladko

Dmytro Rudyi

Daryna Lukashenko

Dmitry Aleksandrov

Hanna Havryliuk

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]