Hammer of the Gods (TV 2009)

Thor along with his friends travels to mysterious island seeking glory and fame. Upon arriving they encounter strange creatures and they start searching the island for answers. Meanwhile ... See full summary »

Director:

Todor Chapkanov

Writers:

Steve Bevilacqua (screenplay), Rafael Jordan

Stars:

Zachery Ty Bryan, Alexis Peters, Mac Brandt

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Thor (as Zachery Bryan)
Alexis Peters	...	Sif
Mac Brandt	...	Baldur
Daz Crawford	...	Ulfrich
Melissa Osborne	...	Freyja (as Melissa Leigh)
Vladimir Kolev	...	Hermoid
Raicho Vasilev	...	Heimdall
Nicole Ennemoser	...	Hel
George Zlatarev	...	Vali
Hristo Mitzkov	...	Garmur
John Laskowski	...	Hodur
Maxim Gentchev	...	Bragi
Richie Mantaliev	...	Vidar
Lazar Radkov	...	Borr
Velislav Pavlov	...	Aegir

Storyline

Thor along with his friends travels to mysterious island seeking glory and fame. Upon arriving they encounter strange creatures and they start searching the island for answers. Meanwhile Thor keeps seeing visions for a mighty warrior and a big hammer and Freyja tells him that his visions are clues so they start searching for the hammer.

---

Plot Keywords:

island | viking | heir | hand to hand combat | the vikings | 

---

Taglines:

Vikings vs Werewolves

---

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

---

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 April 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Thor: Hammer of the Gods

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When in the beginning of the film they are rowing the ship, they are moving the oars in a way that would make then actually go backwards.

User Reviews

Once Upon A Time, There Were Three Brothers, Thor, Baldur and Ulfrich....................

I have to confess that Norse mythology is not my field of expertise, but this story is supposed to be how Thor attained Deity status by using his hammer to slay one nasty wolf. The hero of the Hammer Of The Gods is played by Tim Allen's oldest son from Home Improvement, Zachery Ty Bryan who has filled out rather nicely and looks every inch the part of a Norse hero.

Bryan has sailed with his two brothers, several other Vikings even some of their women way up north where the gods live. They do find some very powerful creatures there, Norse werewolf types who walk on their hind legs and have a wolf god whom they serve. The Vikings have a lot of rivalries between themselves and it doesn't make for good unity at a time of danger.

Even the three brothers fall out. Baldur (Mac Brandt) is killed early on and the youngest Bryan has to face the older one Daz Crawford who's gone over to the enemy. Crawford might be the oldest, but he's illegitimate and out of succession. That would give me a bad attitude I can tell you.

Watching the Vikings behave with their talk of glory, dying and Valhalla it was like watching Star Trek The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine in an episode with Worf talking about glory and honor. The Klingons were certainly based on the Vikings and this film could have been an extended episode of one of the Roddenberry series.

Hammer Of The Gods is all right, I'll leave it to those who know Norse culture to comment on the veracity and integrity of the story.