Valhalla Rising
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Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.
Release Date : 2009-09-04
Language :English
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : BBC FilmLa Belle Allee ProductionsNWR Film ProductionsOne Eye ProductionSavalas Audio Post-ProductionNimbus Film
Production Country : DenmarkUnited Kingdom
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : One-Eye
Original Name : Mads Mikkelsen
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kare
Original Name : Gary Lewis
Gender : Male
Character Name : Gorm
Original Name : Jamie Sives
Gender : Male
Character Name : Eirik
Original Name : Ewan Stewart
Gender : Male
Character Name : Barde
Original Name : Alexander Morton
Gender : Male
Character Name : Pagan Viking Guard
Original Name : Callum Mitchell
Gender : Male
Character Name : Duggal
Original Name : Andrew Flanagan
Gender : Male
Character Name : Olaf
Original Name : Douglas Russell
Gender : Male
Character Name : Are / The Boy
Original Name : Maarten Stevenson
Gender : Male
Character Name : Hagen
Original Name : Gordon Brown
Gender : Male
Character Name : Hauk
Original Name : Gary McCormack
Gender : Male
Character Name : Roger
Original Name : Robert Harrison
Gender : Male
Character Name : Malkolm
Original Name : Mathew Zajac
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kenneth
Original Name : Stewart Porter
Gender : Male
Character Name : Gudmund
Original Name : James Ramsey
Gender : Male
Character Name : Magnus
Original Name : Rony Bridges
Gender : Male
Character Name : Man with Pike
Original Name : P.B. McBeath
Gender : Male
Reviews
r96sk
@r96sk
2023-10-08
Rubbish! A true waste of 90 minutes... and of Mads Mikkelsen! It evidently attempts similar as to what we would later see in 2022 with (the excellent) 'The Northman', though simply falls flat in every department for me. The whole production just looks so cheap and low-budget (which it wasn't), without even noting the (admittedly intended) pure misery of the look of it all too. Editing, notably with the needless chapter breaks, is also a negative. As mentioned already, a mute Mikkelsen is completedly wasted... may as well have cast Joe Bloggs. The rest of the cast have very little to work with either, though minutely interesting to see Gary Lewis and Jamie Sives involved. I wouldn't say anyone onscreen deteriorates the film (it does so itself), but they also don't do anything to improve it either. I was anticipating 'Valhalla Rising' to be an entertaining one. It wasn't. Thankfully they had the awareness (or were restricted?) in keeping it 'short' at 90 minutes... a dreary 90mins, albeit.
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