Beowulf (1998)

Directed by

Graham Baker

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, action film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 254 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a post-apocalyptic future, a warrior named Beowulf travels to a fortress to fight a monster named Grendel. The plot follows the basic story of the ancient poem but includes changes like a romantic affair between the king and the monster's mother.

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What happens

Beowulf is a 1999 American science fantasy-action film loosely based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf. The film was directed by Graham Baker and written by Mark Leahy and David Chappe. Unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a science-fiction/fantasy film that, according to one film critic, "takes place in a post-apocalyptic, techno-feudal future that owes more to Mad Max than Beowulf." While the film remains fairly true to the story of the original poem, other plot elements deviate from the original poem (Hrothgar has an affair with Grendel's mother, and they have a child together, Grendel; Hrothgar's wife commits suicide). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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