Beowulf (1999)

In a besieged land, Beowulf must battle against the hideous creature Grendel and his vengeance seeking mother.

Director:

Graham Baker

Writers:

Anonymous (epic poem "Beowulf"), Mark Leahy (screenplay)

Stars:

Christopher Lambert, Rhona Mitra, Oliver Cotton

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Lambert	...	Beowulf
Rhona Mitra	...	Kyra
Oliver Cotton	...	Hrothgar
Götz Otto	...	Roland
Charles Robinson	...	Weaponsmaster (as Charlie Robinson)
Brent Jefferson Lowe	...	Will (as Brent J. Lowe)
Roger Sloman	...	Karl
Layla Roberts	...	Grendel's Mother
Robert Willox	...	Chief Officer
Patricia Velasquez	...	Pendra
Marcel Cobzariu	...	Lookout (as Marcelo Cobzariu)
Vlad Jipa	...	Sentry
Diana Dumbrava	...	Hrothgar's Wife
Andrei Rusu	...	1st Soldier
Vitalie Bantas	...	1st Guard

Storyline

This post-apocalyptic future story is based on the 8th century Saxon epic poem about the knight who battled a monster in a medieval castle. In this story, Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.

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Plot Keywords:

battle | knight | monster | warrior | sword and sorcery | 

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Taglines:

A Fortress At The Edge Of Darkness. An Enemy Within That Only One Man Can Conquer!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and sexuality

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 April 1999 (Singapore)

Also Known As:

Beovulf

Filming Locations:

Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Kushner-Locke Company, Capitol Films, Threshold Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

After production was completed, Patricia Velasquez (Pendra) starred in another horror movie, The Mummy (1999).

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Goofs

(at around 20 mins) During the training scene with Roland a metal staff weapon is thrown to the floor and the sound that it makes is blatantly that of a wooden staff.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Will: Hey, why I always gotta get the broken ones?
Weaponsmaster: Try the trigger.

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Connections

Version of Beowulf (2007)

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Soundtracks

Witness
Performed by KMFDM
Written by Sascha Konietzko, Nina Hagen and Tim Skold
Published by KMFDM Enterprises US
KMFDM appears courtesy of Wax Trax! Records/TVT Records
p1998 Wax Trax! Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Not As Bad As The Poem

I was made to read Beowulf in High School and I cannot understand why anyone would want to make a movie out of a bad poem. That being said, I was your typical post- nuclear... blah, blah film. Here we see many anachronisms that serve as characters and relatively unknown actors trying to do the best they can with a bad script based on a bad poem. I think Christopher was fine and his leading lady was appropriate. The love story should have been expanded and a little less aerial tumbling would have made the story stick together better. But you know what you are getting with this type of film so I say sit back and enjoy the fun. I rather liked the leather, chain mail and megaphones ... all they needed to make the entire movie complete would have been cell phones and laptops computers. So give Chris the the rest of the cast a break -- it was as entertaining as Mad Max and not nearly as irritating. Score for the DVD: 5 out of possible 10.