Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Gabriel Byrne | ... | Fenge | |
Helen Mirren | ... | Geruth | |
Christian Bale | ... | Amled | |
Brian Cox | ... | Aethelwine | |
Steven Waddington | ... | Ribold | |
Kate Beckinsale | ... | Ethel | |
Tony Haygarth | ... | Ragnar | |
Freddie Jones | ... | Bjorn | |
Tom Wilkinson | ... | Hardvendel | |
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Saskia Wickham | ... | Gunvor |
Brian Glover | ... | Caedman | |
Mark Williams | ... | Aslak | |
Andy Serkis | ... | Torsten | |
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Philip Rham | ... | Aelfred |
Ewen Bremner | ... | Frovin |
This re-telling of Hamlet goes back to the original Danish source material. The opening scenario remains the same: Hamlet's father murdered by his brother who then weds the widowed mother. Hamlet must discover his strength and leadership that will allow him to regain his rightful throne. Don't expect an ending which matches the Bard's though, this is more like a true Viking epic. Written by Victor R. Volkman <sysop@HAL9K.com>
Although I found the movie a little short, and some of the fighting scenes almost laughable, I found the acting incredibly well done..particularly by Gabriel Byrne (after seeing him in Little Women first I didn't know if he could pull of an evil character..he does!) I also found Christian Bales acting one of the best that I have seen in a long time..his knack for accents has been mentioned so many times it's getting almost annoying (not the accent..the mention of it..) but I was quite pleasantly pleased to find out just how good Christian Bale was at acting like a lunatic..with all the talent that he has, it's surprising that he doesn't have all of Hollywood chasing after him to be in their films!