Download Beowulf & Grendel movie

2005, UK, Iceland, Canada

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Actors:

Hringur Ingvarsson		Young Grendel
Spencer Wilding		Grendel's Father
Stellan Skarsgård		Hrothgar
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson		Grendel
Gunnar Eyjólfsson		Aeschere
Gerard Butler		Beowulf
Philip Whitchurch		Fisherman
Ronan Vibert		Thorkel
Rory McCann		Breca
Tony Curran		Hondscioh
Martin Delaney		Thorfinn
Mark Lewis		King Hygelac
Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir		Sea Hag
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson		Unferth
Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir		Wealtheow

Directors:

Sturla Gunnarsson |

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | USA:R | ... show all

IMDB Rating:

6.10 out of 10 (6158 votes)

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Taglines:	1: The Hero. The Monster. The Myth. 2: Heads Will Roll 3: Beneath The Legend Lies The Tale.
Plot Summary:	The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster. The monster, Grendel, is not a creature of mythic powers, but one of flesh and blood - immense flesh and raging blood, driven by a vengeance from being wronged, while Beowulf, a victorious soldier in his own right, has become increasingly troubled by the hero-myth rising up around his exploits. Beowulf's willingness to kill on behalf of Hrothgar wavers when it becomes clear that the King is more responsible for the troll's rampages than was first apparent. As a soldier, Beowulf is unaccustomed to hesitating. His relationship with the mesmerizing witch, Selma, creates deeper confusion. Swinging his sword at a great, stinking beast is no longer such a simple act. The story is set in barbarous Northern Europe where the reign of the many-gods is giving way to one - the southern invader, Christ. Beowulf is a man caught between sides in this great shift, his simple code transforming and falling apart before his eyes. Vengeance, loyalty and mercy powerfully entwine. A story of blood and beer and sweat, which strips away the mask of the hero-myth, leaving a raw and tangled tale.
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Beowulf & Grendel movie review

posted on 7 April 2008

I will cheerfully admit that it has been a long time since I have actually sat down and read the legendary epic poem “Beowulf”–I tend to be a firm believer in the Woody Allen line about never taking a college class where it is required reading–but I am fairly certain that the actual poem is bereft of such deathless lines as “Christ–I’ve heard of him...

As the film opens, a mysterious creature is laying siege to the land ruled by King Hrothgar (Stellan Skarsgard) and violently picking off his soldiers without mercy or warning. With Hrothgar a drunken and quivering wreck and his men lining up to be baptized in a desperate effort to save themselves from what they presume to be a wrathful curse brought on by practitioners of this new thing called Christianity, there is only one man left who might be able to stand up to the monster and restore order–the legendary warrior Beowulf (Gerard Butler). Beowulf sets off to hunt down the creature but is perplexed to discover that it seems to be a creature of flesh and blood and that it doesn’t seem willing to fight him–only those closely connected to Hrothgar himself. After meeting with local witch/whore/psychic/outcast Selma (Sarah Polley), Beowulf discovers that the creature is a troll named Grendel (Ingvar Sigurdsson) and that there is a very specific intent and purpose behind his attacks on Hrothgar.

Evidently, Gunnarsson’s idea was to make a small-scale epic that told the classic tale of war and revenge in a manner that would make it seem more like the actual events that would one day inspire the horrific excesses of the poem. (Of course, the late-inning appearance of Grendel’s mother does suggest that he has some supernatural elements within him after all.) At the same time, he could it as a springboard to comment on contemporary issues, especially in the way that the fearsome Grendel is portrayed less as a slavering monster and more as someone who is pushed into violence as a way of getting revenge specifically on those who wronged him in the past. And by staging the material in a more low-key and realistic manner, it would allow him to get away with making a film that has the trappings of a sword-and-sorcery epic without having to rely on the spectacular special effects and intricate action choreography that usually dominate such genre offerings.

In theory, this approach is sort of interesting in the manner of a late-night college bull session held over a few glasses of mead but Gunnarsson’s film is so ridiculous that it appears that he directed the entire film over a few dozen glasses of same. The “realistic” dialogue is hilariously incongruous, the fight scenes, though interesting in the way that they largely eschew special effects, are fairly inept and Gerard Butler, the extra-bland actor that you probably forgot appeared in “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Tomb Raider 2,” is so lifeless and wan as the heroic Beowulf that you keep waiting for him to get killed off so that the real hero can finally appear. And yet, even though he may be the single most boring actor working today, the film’s failure isn’t entirely Butler’s fault–Gunnarsson somehow managed to cast real actors like Skarsgard and Polley and even they wind up coming off as nothing more than talented performers standing around in uncomfortable clothes speaking ridiculous and weirdly foul-mouthed dialogue.

Aside from some nice Icelandic scenery, “Beowulf & Grendel” is a ludicrous botch recommended only for the heartiest of bad-film fanatics–such people will probably bust a gut while watching it.