For a movie with the word Blood in it, you'd think there would be more blood. There wasn't a lot of action scenes, and the ones that were there, were pretty short.
I do think the writer did a good job at showing the Vikings, and the Christians lack of knowledge of the Christian faith. It was either a lack of knowledge, or a fear of one another, that drove them to the violence. I mean, the pagans just started chasing Edwyn and Freya and it never said what they did. Sounds like to me, the Pagans didn't want another faith on their land. And that pretty much started the feud between them. There was no backstory on why the Earl expelled the Christians from the village other than he didn't want another faith coming in. It also never mentioned what things the Christians did to ruin the village that the trading post guy mentioned. Not a lot of backstory to fill you in on things that happened before the movie began.
Also, at the end when the Stranger told the Earl "This is for my father, the King," I don't believe it ever mentioned what the Earl did to the King. Or if it did, I missed it. Only thing I remember hearing about the King, was that Gudrun said the King sent ships to protect them. Other than that, I don't know what the Earl did to the King and what made the Stranger say what he did at the end.
Overall, an average movie, a lot of backstory that wasn't told, that if told, would have made it a bit less confusing. Very little action and very little blood for a movie with the word Blood in the title.
Also, at the end when the Stranger told the Earl "This is for my father, the King," I don't believe it ever mentioned what the Earl did to the King. Or if it did, I missed it. Only thing I remember hearing about the King, was that Gudrun said the King sent ships to protect them. Other than that, I don't know what the Earl did to the King and what made the Stranger say what he did at the end.
Overall, an average movie, a lot of backstory that wasn't told, that if told, would have made it a bit less confusing. Very little action and very little blood for a movie with the word Blood in the title.