Beowulf & Grendel 2005

The Hero. The Monster. The Myth.

5.6 / 10   210 vote(s)
R
Action Adventure Drama Fantasy

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.

Homepage http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/
Release Date 2005-09-14
Runtime 1h 43m
Directors Jan Kiesser, Sturla Gunnarsson, Jon Einarsson Gustafsson, Wendy Ord
Producers Sturla Gunnarsson, Gary Hamilton, Eric Jordan, Paul Stephens, Anna María Karlsdóttir, Jason Piette, Michael Cowan, Nick Iannelli
Writers Anonymous, Andrew Rai Berzins

Not a bad little piece, but sort of out of its time. If it wasn't for the cast (and what a cast) I would have assumed this movie was made at least a decade earlier than it actually was. The dialogue's mix of contemporary and faux medieval was also particularly odd, and the effects were... I don't want to say bad... But, again, seems like the sort of quality that might have come about in the early 90s more than mid 00s.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

Gimly