Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Denmark




VALHALLA RISING-2009- A warrior called One Eye (Mads Mikkelsen) escapes his captors in 1000 AD. He joins up with some Christian crusaders (?) and discovers a new land. He's accompanied by Are (Marteen Stevenson), a mute slave boy who suddenly starts talking toward the end. After breaking away from the Crusaders he's hacked to death by (North American?) Indians. This is not an action packed sword slashing Viking battle epic as some might suspect from the title. There's excellent direction and photography but it might leave some viewers scratching their heads. Hey, my head was itchy anyway! 

Denmark director Nicolas Winding Refn's name is (at the time of this writing) attached to a LOGAN'S RUN remake.

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