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:

Unleash your dark side.

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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 Romania

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 April 1999 (Singapore)

Also Known As:

Beovulf

Filming Locations:

Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$102,744

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

Christopher Lambert's 6th science fiction fantasy film.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 6 mins) When Beowulf cuts off the arm of Grendel, we see a left arm hit the ground (look at where the thumb is) but it is Grendel's right arm that is missing.

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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 & Grendel (2005)

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Soundtracks

Universe
Performed by ¡Laughing Us!
Written by Joe Faraci and Hans Gutknecht
Published by Follow Your Bliss/Tonally Dissonant
¡Laughing Us! appears courtesy of Risk Records, LLC
p1998 Risk Records

User Reviews

below expectations

I've heard many things about Beowulf, maybe because i'm from Romania and a good part of the movie was filmed here, in my country. And i expected a lot from this film. At the end, i was disappointed. It is not as horrible as other users said, but it's definetely bad. It's all about a monster killing people in a 6th century castle and Lambert the one who comes to kill him. Lambert is good, as he is in all his roles, but the rest of the characters suck, and the action isn't too good either. Plus maybe the only thing that could've saved this film, the special effects, are also very bad, the monster looks awful (not scary, but awful). Oh and another bad thing: the music. The movie tries, and manages to create the 6th century atmosphere. But all the action sequences are presented on rock music, which is very very bad. I mean action on rock works perfectly on a movie like Charlie's Angels - where that's the perfect way to shoot your action. But here, that was a very bad idea.

Vote: 4 out of 10.