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Valhalla Rising

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6.1/10 • 1.2K

2009-09-041h 33m

AdventureDramaActionFantasy

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.

Directors
Nicolas Winding Refn
Writters
Roy Jacobsen, Nicolas Winding Refn
Editors
Roy Jacobsen, Matthew Newman

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Mads Mikkelsen

    Mads Mikkelsen

    One-Eye

  2. Gary Lewis

    Gary Lewis

    Kare

  3. Jamie Sives

    Jamie Sives

    Gorm

  4. Ewan Stewart

    Ewan Stewart

    Eirik

  5. Alexander Morton

    Alexander Morton

    Barde

  6. Callum Mitchell

    Callum Mitchell

    Pagan Viking Guard

  7. Andrew Flanagan

    Andrew Flanagan

    Duggal

  8. Douglas Russell

    Douglas Russell

    Olaf

  9. Maarten Stevenson

    Maarten Stevenson

    Are / The Boy

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John Chard

Jun 3, 2014

3/10

It never manages to rise above its one trick. Nicolas Winding Refn directs and Mads Mikkelsen stars in this ponderous exercise in arty veneers. Refn boldly strips back the dialogue and plot to reveal a picture big on ideas but poor in execution. As the story plods along, stopping only briefly for some guttural violence now and then, it becomes evident that the makers have made a painfully boring movie. At first the drained out colour photography looks like a masterstroke of ethereal atmospherics, but this also wears off and only compounds the overall feeling of monotony that pervades the pic. Hugely disappointing venture from a director capable of so much more. 3/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$5,650,000.00
Revenue
$31,000.00
Keywords
escapehellmythologysurrealgorevikings (norsemen)mutebrutalityslaveone eyed mannew worldchieftainstarvationwar paintwarrioraction adventure