Alien at the Movies

 The Rising Hawk

I️t’s love & war in 13th century Eastern Europe when Mongol invaders threaten the peace & quiet of the peasant Carparthian villagers. The film is entertaining ut fairly predictable. There is a handsome peasant boy who meets a beautiful higher class girl & they become attracted to each other. Of course, they happen to be offspring of the leaders of their individual villages. These leaders don’t see eye to eye but are forced into a pact defend off the dreaded Mongol horde. Greatly outnumbered, the villagers are pushed into taking desperate measures. Look for individual heroics, betrayal, & revenge motives. You know, the typical manipulated dramatic situations.

Alien gives it 2½ “necklace” stars out of 4.