Although the quality of the film cannot be compared with mainstream blockbusters, it is still very exciting to watch as a regional blockbuster.
【Military Sub-Plane】Author: Xinxin Orlando
The film "Fearless A Thousand Warriors" is a 2012 Kazakh epic film that was screened at the 14-year Silk Road Film Festival and adapted from the Kazakh hero's long poem "Warrior Salty". It tells the story of the Battle of Anglahai, a turning point in the Dzungar-Kazakh War in the 18th century.
The film also has another name, "Heart of Freedom", which is a national epic about the Kazakhs who resist oppression and pursue freedom.
The film is not too compact in structure and slightly protracted, but the spirit of freedom is always carried out. Horse warriors galloped across the vast central Asian plains, the beautiful grasslands in stark contrast to the brutal war, and the tension was measured.
The scenic grassland mountains and the battlefield of Jingo iron horse muskets and bows alternately displayed. Al-salaamu Alaykum is the most frequently used line in the film, a Muslim greeting, and the Islamic style of costume props give the film a strong exotic feel. The shortcomings of the film are also obvious, the plot is too exaggerated, the emotional drama is abrupt, the villain is facial, the male protagonist is tall and complete, but some supporting roles are very brilliant.
In the 17th century, the Veyrat Khanate disintegrated, the Dzungars of Western Mongolia rose, and the Iron Horse swept through the northwest. The Kazakh Khanate in the northwest suffered heavy casualties and collapsed until the late 18th century, when the Kazakh hero Abul Khan fought the Dzungars to the death with the strength of his entire clan. The Qianlong Emperor of the Eastern Qing Empire also sent a large army to conquer Dzungar.
The Western Desert Mongols, which once swept northwestern, collapsed under the attack of the Kazakh Khanate and the Qing Empire. The two-hundred-year-long war between the Dzungars and the Kazakhs has finally come to an end.
The climax of the film is the final Battle of the Angla Sea. On the steppe, male number one led the rebel army on horseback, and on the way, people constantly shouted "Alash" to join their ranks. The warriors came to the front, and the two armies were intertwined. The enemy marshal's self-confidence exploded, but his own sultan was worried. The battlefield was full of smoke and dust, and the momentum was magnificent.
This is the male protagonist asking: "How many of us are there?" The troops reported their tribes and numbers one after another, and although these people were insignificant in the face of the enemy's thousands of troops and horses, they still shouted loudly, and they could not hear a trace of fear. Less than 100 people, the man said: No, we have a thousand people! Mine, yours, this heart of fist beating in the chest of all of us, we are better than a thousand Jungars. For the sake of our dead brothers and sisters, for the sake of the innocent blood, for the sake of our loneliness since childhood, Allah will bless us, and we may never return. But blood revenge is not repaid, and death is not blind. Let us cut down the banner of the enemy, brothers, and today we will pour blood together, to die for our country, to die where we are, and to move forward, sons and grandsons of Alash. ”
They charged at the enemy's left flank and charged into the enemy position at the hands of enemy muskets and bows and arrows. As a result, the whole army was wiped out. Male No. 1 was hit by several arrows, and before he died, he broke the flag and the enemy army collapsed. The Kazakh sultan let out a sigh of surprise and exclaimed, "Who has disrupted the left wing?" "In the end, the battle was turned around, and the scene was wonderful and moving.
Although the quality of the film cannot be compared with mainstream blockbusters, it is still very exciting to watch as a regional blockbuster, and it can satisfy people's curiosity about the mysterious Central Asian region. There is no shortage of heroes in any nation, every nation has its own history of struggle, and all nations are equal in this respect. Those young people in the film, they should have enjoyed their youth, but for the future of the nation, they died in the war against aggression, which reflected the tragedy of that era.