A respectful depiction of religious zealotry

What could end up feeling like a by-the-numbers Discovery Channel docu is enlivened considerably by wry asides from the helmer.

The director made his name in the '70s with a series of intense fictional films, but he's also proven a fascinating documentarian.

Wheel of Time is flawed because Herzog attempts to illustrate faith through the exercise of faithfulness. He runs after the poetry of Buddhism and it eludes him.