Valhalla Rising
- Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
- Writer: Roy Jacobsen; Nicolas Winding Refn
- Producer: Christine Alderson; Johnny Andersen
CGiii Comment
Men being barbaric...
Refn's has an eye for beauty - as for dialogue it's fairly minimal - lots of grunting.
For an acquired taste...but, there is no denying the underlying talent.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
1000 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.
Cast & Characters
Mads Mikkelsen as One Eye;
Maarten Stevenson as Are / The Boy;
Gordon Brown as Hagen;
Andrew Flanagan as Gudmond;
Gary Lewis as Kare;
Gary McCormack as Hauk;
Alexander Morton as Barde;
Jamie Sives as Gorm;
Ewan Stewart as Eirik;
Mathew Zajac as Malkolm;
Rony Bridges as Magnus;
Robert Harrison as Roger;
P.B. McBeath as Man with pike;
Callum Mitchell as Pagan Viking Guard;
Stewart Porter as Kenneth