Though it does not qualify as top-notch cinema it was an enjoyable watch.
Anyone that goes into this film thinking it was going to be a standard "Viking" movie will disappointed. It is a legend told from the point of view of the native population that lived in the north eastern part of north America. Thus the vikings are bigger, nastier, etc than what we might be used to. They are monsters. They look like it, and they act like it.
Others have mentioned that the natives are portrayed as weak, or stupid. Think of it from this point of view. These are the very first people they have ever encountered that use metal weapons, and wear metal armor. They have really no defense against them, but just like people all over Europe they fought the vikings in defense of their homes, and died.
Some great fight scenes, and panoramas, but it fails in the editing. The film is so dark that you lose track of things often, and cannot tell who is fighting, or how many there are.
The script is first grade, and I mean written at a first grade schoolchild's level, but who goes to a b-movie actioner for great dialog? Overall I was a bit disappointed, but not so much that I felt the need to leave, or other such protest. It was a great idea poorly executed.
Anyone that goes into this film thinking it was going to be a standard "Viking" movie will disappointed. It is a legend told from the point of view of the native population that lived in the north eastern part of north America. Thus the vikings are bigger, nastier, etc than what we might be used to. They are monsters. They look like it, and they act like it.
Others have mentioned that the natives are portrayed as weak, or stupid. Think of it from this point of view. These are the very first people they have ever encountered that use metal weapons, and wear metal armor. They have really no defense against them, but just like people all over Europe they fought the vikings in defense of their homes, and died.
Some great fight scenes, and panoramas, but it fails in the editing. The film is so dark that you lose track of things often, and cannot tell who is fighting, or how many there are.
The script is first grade, and I mean written at a first grade schoolchild's level, but who goes to a b-movie actioner for great dialog? Overall I was a bit disappointed, but not so much that I felt the need to leave, or other such protest. It was a great idea poorly executed.