Sergei Bodrov's Mongol has been one of the most anticipated films going around here for nigh on two years now and for good reason. The huge budget Russian epic stars Japanese megastar Tadanobu Asano as Genghis Khan and the international support crew include major players from the likes of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero and House of Flying Daggers. The film will soon premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and you can bet we Twitch-folk are licking our lips at the chance to finally see it.

And the anticipation just ramped up another notch. The first teaser for the film was good but not great - sloppily edited and poorly encoded so the visuals looked bland and lifeless. Things got much better when a six minute continuous battle scene appeared online. MUCH better. And now, to crown it all, there is a second theatrical trailer and this one is just stunning. It gives a good taste of the plotline and a solid blend of dramatic and action elements along with a series of simply jaw dropping images. This thing is flat out gorgeous. Yum.