Almost five years later it is now finally launching in the Middle East from the Red Sea Film Festival.
The big-budget epic, directed by British filmmaker Rupert Wyatt (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), is set in 7th-century Arabia and revolves around a princess (Hart) who refuses to serve as concubine to the ruthless emperor Kisra, played by Ben Kingsley, prompting an epic showdown called the Battle of Ze Qar. Copley plays the ruthless mercenary commander Jalabzeen tasked by the emperor with hunting down the proto-feminist princess and her father as they flee into the vast Arabian desert.
The reactions from the home crowd at the “Desert Warrior” premiere were warm and “really vocal” said Hart,…
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