Desert Warrior Summary

Set in 7th-century Arabia, Desert Warrior follows the defiant Princess Hind (Aiysha Hart), who refuses to become a concubine for the despotic Sassanid Emperor Kisra (Ben Kingsley). After her father, King Al-Numan (Ghassan Massoud), is toppled for protecting her, the pair flees into the unforgiving Arabian desert. Their survival depends on a “head-spinning” alliance with a mysterious and wily nomadic bandit named Hanzala (Anthony Mackie). The narrative explores the “dark realities” of imperial greed and the “spiritual cost of power” as Hind transforms from a fugitive into a fearless leader, determined to reclaim her heritage and protect her people from the Emperor’s “not nice” commander, Jalabzeen (Sharlto Copley).

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• Genre: Action, Drama, History
• Director: Rupert Wyatt
• Writer: David Self, Rupert Wyatt, Gary Ross, Erica Beeney
• Producer: Jeremy Bolt
• Production Companies: MBC Studios, JB Pictures, AGC Studios
• Country: Saudi Arabia, United States of America
• Runtime: 114 minutes
• Worth (Budget): $150,000,000
• TMDB Rating: N/A

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