While it can certainly be argued that Sergei Bodrov's Mongol has been the victim of a misleading ad campaign that portrays the film as something slightly other than what it is there is certainly no denying that this is one massive, impressive piece of work -- an epic in every sense. Bodrov's film aims to take us through the life of a legend, the legendary emperor Genghis Khan, from the age of nine until the battle that would cement his position in history. But while the trailers and clips released thus far have portrayed the picture as revolving around the Khan's military conquests Bodrov is actually not particularly interested in these matters. Though a number of battle sequences are included Mongol is not much interested in how the great man rose to power, in the battles and tactics, but rather in how he became strong enough to do so.