Viking Queen DVD

Advantages: Easy plot to follow, interesting in parts, good atmosphere captured
Disadvantages: Main character does quite fit the part

...the monsters looked like men dressed in wolves' pelts, they seemed to have super-human strength. The battles are quite bloody in the film and heads roll, literally. But are these monsters really monsters, or are they men dressed as wolves? From this point, there are many battles with the beasts all very bloody, but something I found disappointing was the fact that the main battle was fought at night and I found it difficult to work out who was fighting who. Towards the ending, the Vikings go in search of Wendel, who is thought to be the Queen of the beasts. The Vikings are again following the advice of another, different mad soothsayer. They break into the beasts' camp and another bloody battle ensues and the "queen" is found amongst certain "gifts" that her tribe has brought her and she fiercely defends her lair. So is that the end... Read review

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Advantages: Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis
Disadvantages: none

...The Vikings, is a superb film, based on the brutal realities of being a Viking in 9th century, As fantastic seamen and ship builders, the Vikings were able Rob, Pillage and Plunder nearby lands. England was one of their biggest targets. The story, Ragnar a Viking leader has a son, Prince Einar (Kirk Douglas) heir to Ragnar's throne, but unbeknown to them, there is another son, the illegitimate son of Ragnar, Prince Eric (Tony Curtis) conceived when Ragnar was on a raid in England he took the English Queen by force and raped her. There was a cover up and Prince Eric grew to become an English Prince, Schooling In Italy, or so it is thought. Lord Egbert, an English nobleman is suspected of treason, as he had never succumbed to a Viking raid, Egbert escapes and joins the Vikings assisting them with his knowledge of England. Without... Read review

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Advantages: Great story, very well made, absorbing plot.
Disadvantages: A couple of places where pace of movie slows a little.

...in the village happens to know an extraordinary amount about Grendel. "A LITERARY MONSTER MOVIE" Marilyn Smulders - The Halifax Daily News The story is very deep and often sad in parts. Grendel even keeps the skull of his dead father in like a shrine, in his cavern. Many times you see in the film that Grendel is full of emotion and can feel tremendous emotional pain. It is very easy to empathise what he must be going through and to hate the vikings. The film is very well made with great acting, and action scenes to equal the best action movies out there. Clothing and scenery are totally authentic. this is a very good film, that has obviously been well thought out. The DVD comes with a few deleted scnes and after viewing them, I agree they were better left out of the movie. The film also comes with a fancy cardboard outer, with a picture... Read review

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