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Feb 1, 2024 · ‘The Promised Land’ Review: Coaxing Crops From a Wild Land. Mads Mikkelsen stars as a soldier with little money but big ideas who gets royal approval to try to conquer a vast shrubby...
Feb 2, 2024 · The Promised Land. Drama. 127 minutes ‧ 2024. Sheila O'Malley. February 2, 2024. 4 min read. “The Promised Land” is about ten movies in one. It’s a history lesson with a central figure driven by an impossible quest. There are bands of outlaws, sadistic aristocrats, and downtrodden peasants.
Dec 5, 2023 · The Promised Land makes for a gripping man-versus-wilderness survival story with unmistakable political undertones, but it’s also nimble enough to allow romance to blossom under its...
- Nikolaj Arcel
Sep 1, 2023 · ‘The Promised Land’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Smolders Magnificently in Nikolaj Arcel’s Gripping Historical Epic. The Danish director and star of the Oscar-nominated 'A Royal Affair'...
Feb 3, 2024 · Pros. Mads Mikkelsen's quietly captivating lead performance. Rasmus Videbæk's visually rich cinematography. Nikolaj Arcel's sturdy, unobtrusive direction. Cons. An ending that doesn't hit with...
- Nikolaj Arcel
- Alex Welch
In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) -- a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero -- sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow.
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Feb 15, 2024 · But there is no doubt whatsoever that The Promised Land is absolutely a Western — even if it is in Danish and set in the 18th century. Nikolaj Arcel’s film fits the time-honoured genre...
