An Action Adventure formular movie that takes place in the middle ages. In this epic, a medical apprentice in 11th-century Persia disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians. Never really got-into-it (suspend disbelief).
Good special effects. However, I would not invest my money in this one. Story is a a little too far fetched.
Other Reviews : When nine-year-old Rob Cole felt the life force slipping from his mother he could not foresee that her death would lead him from the ugly life of 11th-century London to small villages throughout England and finally to the medical school at Ispahan in Persia. (A big, big trip). Though originally apprenticed to an itinerant barber surgeon, it is the excellent surgery of this physician trained by the legendary Persian physician Avicenna that inspires him to accept this gift and to commit his life to healing the sick.
The adaptation of Noah Gordon's best selling book about a British boy who travels to the medieval East to learn about medicine. The settings, the camera work, production design, everything's all top notch and in Hollywood's league. Some of the visuals are strikingly beautiful and take you to a different time and place, like every good film. The film can rely on a couple of acting veterans . The film's ambition is nothing less than telling a story of adventure, love and drama on the scale of Lawrence of Arabia. Of course it can't entirely live up to that. Still, the effort and great work that went into this shows and make for a very entertaining film. The only complaint would have to be how ham-fisted the commentary on current religious struggles that made it into the film feel. Those aspects of the story may have a couple of very true things to say about how religion, prejudice and fear-mongering has made life more difficult for centuries, it all feels a bit forced, though. The result is still fine adventure cinema
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