Honestly don't understand what's up with all the great reviews. Are they paid? Ridiculous waste of time. As enjoyable as getting teeth pulled. I should have been paid to watch this movie. Little to no plot. Terrible acting. Nothing "thrilling" about the movie at all. What was the purpose of this nonsense? Simply embarrassing. Too painfully bad. Awful script, amateurish acting, childish artwork.
The Man from Kathmandu Vol. 1
2019
Action / Drama
The Man from Kathmandu Vol. 1
2019
Action / Drama
Plot summary
A disaffected American-Nepali half Hindu-Muslim boy detours to Kathmandu on his way to find his father who he thinks has joined the war in Syria, but his Moral battle against a local don who kills his grandfather grounds him to the reality of his true relationships, and in the process, he reconnects with his root, culture and traditions of the Himalayan nation, which he had forgotten.
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Stay away from this stinker at all cost!
What was going on?
I understand that "The Man from Kathmandu" was highly advertised in it's country of origin but that the audience there was not particularly fond of it. Of course, Nepal is very much about tourism and people there seem to worry that by showing street thugs and corrupt policemen and politicians tourists might be scared of. So let's talk about that first. It' only a movie and its not highly violent or scary, at least not for international standards. I'v been to Nepal two years ago (to Kathmandu and the south of the country) and nothing I've seeen in this movie would stop me from going there again.
I had an entirely different problem. The plot of "The Man from Kathmandu" is highly confusing. I wonder, if the version I've seen might be a shortended International Version (it had a runtime of 91 minutes). Many times you have to guesss who is who or why protagonists are doing this or that. The story is quite incoherent. Technically the film is okay, nothing wrong with camareaworkl lightning, acting etc.
So back to the worries of the Nepalese. I found it quiet nice to see so many locations in the film I've seen myself while being in Nepal. About the street thugs...it's only a movie. And internationally violence standards in movies are very different from Nepal or India. The scene where Anna gets molested by the thugs is hardly recognizable as sexual harassment by International movie standards.
"The man from Kathmandu" was the first Nepalese movie I've ever seen. For that I thought it was very interesting, also for it's locations. But you really need to work on your storylines, guys.
Like a bad student film with an over-sized budget
This film is terrible and I'm being generous. I'd watched with a Nepalese friend and she thought the same. Wooden acting throughout, laughable fight scenes, horrible cinematography and camera shots, poor editing and a total lack of direction.
Somebody's rich daddy decided to give their offspring some money to keep them busy. The funds would have been better spent sending them to film school to learn how to make an actual film.