SYNOPSIS: A 14-year-old outdoorsman who believes himself called to become a protector of nature, leaves his family home to live in the forest.  Here, he must not only contend with cleaning up after his fellow humans and caring for animals, but he must also protect himself from those who want to return him to the village. Kim receives his calling via a vision in which a Native American warrior appears to request Kim's help. The warrior also promises him that if he can hit the moon with his bow and arrow, he will be able to talk to the animals.  Afterward, Kim moves to the forest and begins his new life. His parents, however, don't understand and only want him home, so they launch a search with the police. He gets into real trouble after he shoots arrows at Germans who have come in search of eggs.  Violence ensues when a solitary policeman, armed with a machine gun, launches his own hunt for Kim.

EDITORIAL REVIEW:  Kind of a tough film to review, really. After learning that the movie's star and hero, 13-year-old Robin Mildoff, died in 2007, I felt compelled to offer a glowing review.  Instead, I will offer a neutral review - one that neither consistently bashes nor praises this Swedish film.  I will give a few of the movie's pros and cons and ask that you write a review.

Director Stefan Jarl is best known in Sweden for his nature and wild life documentaries.  In fact, Nature's Warrior remains Jarl's only feature film amongst a whole slew of documentaries.  Jarl certainly brings his eye for cinematography to Nature's Warrior (a Blue-Ray pressing of this film would be a great investment).  Great scenery, with a far fetched story-line makes for an average film, unfortunately.  One bright spot is Robin Mildoff, though.  Although his novice acting skills do appear to hit you over the head a few times, Mildoff does show shades of brilliance and skill that you would expect from more experienced showmen.  His first, and sadly only film brought him no praise and no riches and he died far too soon.

The circumstances surrounding Mildoff's death are somewhat clouded.  If you have any sourced information (meaning from a reliable source that we can confirm) please send us an email.

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STARRING: Robin Milldoff, John Belindo, Jan Malmsjö, Mikael Persbrandt.
AVAILABILITY: In stock! Ships within one business day.
LENGTH: 96 minutes.
LANGUAGE: Swedish, with ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
SPECIAL FEATURES: 1.66:1 (4:3 Letterboxed); 5.1 Stereo; 1 disc; Uncut.
VIEWER DISCRETION: Graphic violence against animals, coarse language.
PICTURE QUALITY: Very good to excellent picture quality. (what's this mean?)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden (1997).
ALSO KNOWN AS: Jag är din krigare (original title) / Bjørnens søn (Denmark).
DATE ADDED TO OUR LIBRARY:  September 26, 2008.
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