Solemplex
To me, this movie is perfection.
Laikals
The greatest movie ever made..!
ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
philfeeley
On a technical aspect, the animation is first rate. Unfortunately, the story is muddled. It's about a slave in the Arab world challenging the rightness of slavery - proclaiming he is free. That's okay to that point, but the film is muddled from then on. Who is the mysterious stranger convincing Bilal of the idea of freedom? Who is the mysterious warrior who trains him? Who are the others who go to war against the slavers? We are never told. I guess the problem is the filmmakers are up against the same restrictions as every journalist in the western world - you can't depict Mohammed in any form.Worse, slavery thrived in the Arab world after these events. Arabs were the primary providers of the Americans' slaves. Where slavery continues today (!) it's primarily in the Arab world. And Islam only served to cement this autocratic system.So the story wants us to believe that Bilal was "one of the first to challenge the institution of slavery." I guess the film makers conveniently forgot about Spartacus (against the Romans in the first century B.C.) and the Jews) about 4,000 (!) years ago against the Egyptians).So the film gets a 5 for its technical aspects, but a 1 for story. Pure propaganda that convinces only the already convinced.
Kher Nanda
Animation is lagging, story is not clear and badly directed. This movie is clearly over-rated. Can't stand till the end. It's never a hero movie.
hosting-24302
Good animation, but just a so so movie. I do not understand the super high rating for it. Seems fishy.
alaooz
10/10 for a 1st production of Barajon
A story that left me thersty to know more about the great event that took place in history..a story of great values ! Something we miss in today's animated production..story that was told so well it drives you to go and google those characters you got attached to throughout the movie & read their real biography! Brilliantly built the character of Bilal to truly bring to life a new bread of heroes. Thank you for such a joyful, educational, meangful & visually stimulating content ..can't wsit to watch more of your great work..
