Almost Beheaded At 5-Years-Old, He Becomes The Fiercest King On Earth 

Don't know if the movie had time to address it but the main reason Temujin did so well bringing people to his side was he treated his subordinates like family and promoted based on merit. Something that basically no one else had ever considered doing in their society before. People of talent and ability who weren't senior enough to be big shots in other tribes realised Temujin was the only option.

My man went from taking care of someone else's kids, to having the world take care of his kids.

Dont know if the movie is historically accurate but the fact that he accepted both of the children as his even though he most likey was not their father and also cared for the women and children of his tribe is just incredibly respectable and commendable

Temujin, The Great Genghis Khan is a merciful King of mongol. If you're not against him, you should be with him and he'll take care of your entire family like his own. That's what a true king is all about.

Throughout entire movie Genghis Khan never skipped a single leg day.

"But are those legs thicc tho?" I love how Mystery Recapped's jokes keep the viewers engaged and keeps you attentive to his narration

I always hated Gengis Kahn when i learned about him growing up. But if this is the shit he had to deal with, he's a hero.

Here in the US we are taught that he was a brilliant and gifted leader. Of course we are taught that he and all Mongoloan warriors could fight fiercely, but much more importance is placed on the fact that he could command an army better than any other man on earth. We are taught that he was a brilliant strategist. He had so many rumors spread that anyone who went up against them just KNEW they were outnumbered, outclassed, and outsmarted, so most actually joined up peacefully before any actual fight was needed.

What the movie doesn't show is that some time after their tribe abandoned them, Temujin aka Chinggis Khan shot an arrow at his half brother Behter for not sharing the fish they caught. It makes sense that Temujin was furious at his brother for being selfish when their family was barely getting by.

To be fair, this is much more accurate than the other films portraying Genghis Khan (especially the 1965 version).

There are over 16 million descendants of Genghis khan based on a study done in 2003. Now, it's probably over 30 million since those people would have kids and the world population is increasing rapidly. Genghis.. What a man. He lived his best life, with all those women he slept with or had in his harem and they were likely most good looking women of his empire at the time that stretched from Ukraine to Persia to Korea.

Story of Chenghis Khan is marvelous...the way he fights and unites Mongols under one empire is fantastic...

Im a Mongolian, Genghis khan went through many hardships but still overcame everything. When he was young (9 years old ) his dad Yesügei was poisoned by Tatars and he was the oldest of 5 children of his family and had to take care of everyone and was really smart and mature for his age , and Taichuud wanted to kill him Asap because he was that smart and thay thought he can be the next king but he still managed to escape with someone’s help and he became the greatest and mightiest khan, he conquered half of the world he’s our country’s icon and a person who will be remembered for centuries.

"I also hear... he had great legs." The way you say jokes with that same serious tone! I love it 😂

Temujin is the simplest man, king, leader ever existed in history. In his mind, he doesnt want any treassures. All he want for all his people are unification, enough cattles, enough food for the winters, each of his man must tale good care of their families. That is what makes em so strong, the moral and unify.

This is excellent! Like the slower pace and the humor! Keep up the good work 👏 👍👌

“I am the punishment of God... If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” -Genghis Khan

The actor who plays Yusegei is actor very famous in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and China for his portrayal as Chingis Khan

The director Sergei Bodrov planned this to be a trilogy. It was difficult and involved a crazy number of interpreters. There were protests in Mongolia over it being made. I hope part 2 is made and is more profitable, as I think the director is doing a decent job.

This helps me better understand about the the great Genghis Khan's - thank you for this fantastic narrative

I’m from Mongolia and we call Ghenghis Khan Chingis haan. It’s the correct way in our language and I’m really proud of my history. If you come to Mongolia you can see Chingis haan’s statue in the center of Ulaanbaatar.

Am soooo freakin Impressed how he accepted those kids even knowing they were'nt his. I mean for that time period things like that were not quite common. After seein this, my respect to Genghis went📈📈📈

Say what you like about Genghis, he was an excellent leader, faithful husband, and model family man. He was an exceptional strategist, having mastered the Art of War, despite likely never having read it. His contributions have resulted in the advancement of numerous Eurasian civilizations. Overall, history has been far too critical of Genghis Khan, and it's obvious why the Mongolians consider him their greatest national hero.

Choosing a partner by legs is in Norse mythology too. There's a story where a giantess called Skadi could choose a god as her husband, but only by looking at their legs. She choose the one with the cleanest legs, thinking it was Baldur's, the handsomest of the gods. Unfortunately the legs belonged to Njord the water god. Who wasn't as handsome as Baldur.

I like the idea that ghegis only took 10% of a cut of any spoils of war. Very much like corporations, the shareholders only take 10%, the rest of the money is reinvested into the company. Sounds very modern and stable. By only taking 10%, he created stability. Stability creates wealth in the long run. He wasn't greedy. That's the amazing part. He knew it's his troops Had to be paid Loyalty costs money Money that has to be paid fairly And in a timely manner.

From a mongolian perspective, this movie is heavily fictionalized. But still shows how good diplomat and great leader Chingis khan was despite still globally being portrayed as a horrendous conqueror.

Now I know where the meaning and importance of not skipping leg days comes from. Great Review mate.

This is very interesting history I was never aware of and never thought to look into. You hear mongol and I always assumed they were rogue soldiers/troops. And this puts a clarifying point on who and what they truly were. Thank you!

I bought this movie for 3 dollars at a thrift store in 2013 and loved it. Soundtrack is beautiful and gold

A book series that really highlights Gengis Khan and his sons and Grandsons lives and stories, read the Conn Iggulden series of books.Extremely detailed and great reading. Almost how if could have been,based on as much historical detail as possible with a touch of artistic licence thrown in.

This was quite detailed and looks to be worth watching. Thanks.

You nailed summarizing stories. I like them because I have NO TIME for long story. I like short story.

He might be known as a Killer, a Murderer, or a Thief, but nothing can deny the fact on what he had made in the History as the Greatest Khan who had almost conquered the world.

the true history is 20x more badass than what's shown

Totally reminds me of Genghis Khan. This is awesome content!

chinggis ghengis organized his army by tens, hundreds, and thousands of soldiers. This in turn helped to efficiently take over entire cities. They're is also records of the mongols employing biological warfare of sorts in the sense they catapulted bodies infected with the black plague upon their enemies. They also had a punishment system of sorts in which if there was a deserter said deserter's entire unit (of ten, hundreds, or even thousands) of soldiers were killed to set an example of loyalty. Now, this is just my takeaway from AP World history but feel free to correct me.

I wish the movie was longer, just so they could explain exactly how he gained such an army. This was Brave Heart's strength.

Moral of this movie; "A man is powerful only when he/she has great legs"

the fact this is based on history is incredible

Seems pretty well made and close to Mongolian stepp life and culture, obviously the movie takes some liberties when it comes to how the story unfolds, especially since we don't actually know many details about Dschingis Khan's early life, except how it's been told by later Khans. There is a point to be made though, that is that temujin spent quite some time in the jurchen tengut kingdom, not necessarily as a prisoner as shown in the movie, but presumably as a soldier moving up the ranks, because when he returns from his time with the jurchens, he's already a powerful military leader with some following.

Woah I like the semi-history movie recap! You guys have really grown since the start of the channel... good luck!

Even thou Genghis Kahn is ruthless he is also a man of his words and will keep to it till he dies What a legend

5:45 you ain’t slick I thought I was tripping for a second

wow this temujin is quite the character, hopefully no one disrespects him by harming one of his envoys.

Wow. He’s actually a kind of good guy. Definitely a good dad.

Mystery recapped is the only way I would actually watch all these movies.

Thanks man! It was interesting to watch something so related to me on your channel since I am from Mongolia.

Wow 💖 ohhh Timujin the Golden hearted tiger ❤️🌈 his story really inspire me

In a world without rules nothing is safe and everyone is divided, adding rules makes everyone safer and united, no wonder tribes prefered a tribe with rules its a mad max era

Mongolian here, just wanna say it’s pronounced “Chingis Han” and not Genghis Khan, no idea how it was changed to that lol

This is crazy accurate

This story is from movie, so it’s little bit different from accurate history. But, yeah thank you for introduce his human side. Although he’s known as brutal man in western countries, he was regarded as kinder one in his hometown as you can see nomadic Central Asian people were brutal in that time. And I am Mongolian myself cannot even imagine if I was born in that time lines😰. In my memory from history lesson, most brutal nomad leader was Modun Shanyu, the founder of Hun empire. For testing his troupes loyalty he not only commanded kill his loved horse, he commanded kill his own loved wife.

As a mongolian teenager, this story is actually a true story, because in our history is a true story

This dude would have millions of subs he never lets us down

Was waitting for this

The man Temujin is amazing. Very much a honourable man. He's more honourable than most men today. Each I read about him or hear a story about him, I fall in love more with the man than the legend.

Temujin sure knows how to honor his troops, i mean who wouldn't fight for an honorable líder who's word is as solid as steel?

Wow these recaps makes me want to watch the movies he covers

This movie is one of The Best! Watch is once a year and worth purchasing! The HU music is also worth watching!

Genghis khan was a great leader he will never be forgotten

A fantastic film with some of the best cinematography and costuming in film history. A sequel was supposed to have been made, but unfortunately, this film didn't make enough in ticket sales to warrant it. Thank you.

Not only me who literally checks every hour for new recap 😂

Thank you🙏 Sounds like Diana's story too.

Van we just agree that this guy is the best narriator

What happened at the end seems a bit similar to what Agnes Jurati proposed to the Borg Queen in Picard S02. To not assimilate by force but by choice. Rather than killing the captured soldiers he offered them a place in his army, though I wonder what the alternative were. Borg's ultimate downfall was no mercy but in providing mercy Agnes postulated subjects would fight harder, because they chose to, not had to.

That battleship strategies and kindness confirms that he wasn't just a khan (khan means king in Mongolian language) he was a battle genius and good man, not a killer.

His voice is so calming ✨i really enjoyed the video 📸

Thanks for sharing this video sir, keep safe!

Respect to the guy for watching one movie Everyday 😂

I thought he looked like the Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano after googling it he actually is..I love this kind of movie🙏❤️

I have seen this movie years back... But it is nice to revisit with explanation.. Thank you for your effort and upload.

Tbh the inaccuracies make it better

Respect for Genghis Khan. I always thought he was the ruthless and cruel villain in every story but now I realize he was a kind, compassionate, and caring leader.

Let's give him a pause of a clap for his work hard 👏👏👏👏

This film is wonderful, it's beautiful, breath taking in it's scope, cinematography and apparent authenticity.

the sound from that land this the sound of earth life . the east hole the heart of earth . thank you

Temujin, what a legend. Truly man of his words I like Genghis Khan's story, it's like underdog rise to power and unite his entire tribe. Kinda reminds me of Sima Yi, who united China for a moment I really wonder if he's just a guy who wants to unite his tribe and get rid of other empires who want to enslave them, or he's a bad guy who wants to claim everything

Mystery recaps makes me jealous cause he kept finding good movies without effort

This movie was So underated the build up and pacing was amazing.

Interestingly not a single fact in the story needs to mean that Temujin was the chill and cool guy we see presented here. Meaning, a shrewd psychopath could use all these "acts of kindness" as strategies for gaining loyalty. I'm pretty sure you don't form a great empire by being a nice guy, but raather by being a ruthless narcissist with little concern for human life. But this extremely sympathetic portrayal of a warlord is typical of this age which puts morality on its head, and which glories distortions of all kinds.

Remember folks, you cant be a great ruler, without greater legs. So never miss leg day, or you'll regret it.

In the story of Temujin A.K.A Genghis Khan.There was only a young boy guarding him when he got captured, he managed to hit the boy in the with plank he was wearing and ran. Also, that escape happen at night when the guys we're having dinner.

My guy took fulfilling your promises to the extreme level.

Given he has around 16 million descendants, I'd say his legs alone deserve a place in the MCU. Thanos: I will snap away half the Universe. Genghis: Hold my beer...... You see this foot?

Inspirational story

“The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions, to see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.” --attributed to Genghis Khan

Great and strong legs was the one theme I continually picked up from this.

Mongol was such a great movie.

I’m not saying he didn’t love his wife, but he also loved a lot of other mens wives!!!

"I hate luxury. I exercise moderation…It will be easy to forget your vision and purpose one you have fine clothes, fast horses and beautiful women. [In which case], you will be no better than a slave, and you will surely lose everything". -Genghis Khan

I love these types of movies wish they made a second movie of him conquering other nations

Love this channel

“I also hear, he had great legs” 😂 that’s where I died

Great show 🔥 💯

I watch this movie every day and still don't get board thank to this I can work out side in a thunder storm and not be afraid

“MGK and Megan Fox weren't crazy afterall” I KNOW YOU DID NOT JUST- 😭😭

he’s 5 and has almost beheaded wow

I like this guy's subtle comedy it's actually hilarious

Half part of the History in this movie, great explanation 💐💐

Fun fact: Moughal Emperor Babar was the descendant of Genghis khan, he's also descendant of Taimur Lan from his mother's side.