Valhalla Rising (2009)

Directed by

Nicolas Winding Refn

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, action film, medieval film, adventure film

Country

United Kingdom, Denmark

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 1,341 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mute Norse warrior called One-Eye escapes captivity with a young boy. They join a group of Christian Crusaders on a ship to find the Holy Land, but the journey leads them to an unknown and harsh land.

slow-burnbleakvisceralmeditativeatmosphericviolentmoodysparse

What happens

Valhalla Rising is a 2009 English-language Danish period adventure film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, co-written by Refn and Roy Jacobsen, and starring Mads Mikkelsen. The film takes place "most certainly during the twelfth century of our era", and follows a Norse warrior named One-Eye and a boy as they travel with a band of Christian Crusaders by ship in the hopes of finding the Holy Land. Shot entirely in Scotland, the title is derived from the combination of Kenneth Anger's films Scorpio Rising and Lucifer Rising with a Viking theme. While the film garnered generally positive reviews, it only made back about $731,613 of its $5.7 million production cost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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