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Valhalla Rising

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 33m
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Mads Mikkelsen in Valhalla Rising (2009)
1000 AD, for years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness.
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Forced for some time to be a fighting slave, a pagan warrior escapes his captors with a boy and joins a group of Crusaders on their quest to the Holy Land.Forced for some time to be a fighting slave, a pagan warrior escapes his captors with a boy and joins a group of Crusaders on their quest to the Holy Land.Forced for some time to be a fighting slave, a pagan warrior escapes his captors with a boy and joins a group of Crusaders on their quest to the Holy Land.
IMDb RATING
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62K
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POPULARITY
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    • Nicolas Winding Refn
    • Nicolas Winding Refn
    • Roy Jacobsen
    • Matthew Read(additional writing)
  • Stars
    • Mads Mikkelsen
    • Maarten Stevenson
    • Alexander Morton
    • Nicolas Winding Refn
    • Nicolas Winding Refn
    • Roy Jacobsen
    • Matthew Read(additional writing)
  • Stars
    • Mads Mikkelsen
    • Maarten Stevenson
    • Alexander Morton
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    • 61Metascore
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    Mads Mikkelsen
    Mads Mikkelsen
    • One Eye
    Maarten Stevenson
    Maarten Stevenson
    • The Boy - Pagan
    Alexander Morton
    Alexander Morton
    • Barde - Pagan
    Stewart Porter
    • Kenneth - Pagan
    Matthew Zajac
    • Malkolm - Pagan
    • (as Mathew Zajac)
    Gordon Brown
    Gordon Brown
    • Hagen - Christian Viking
    Gary McCormack
    • Hauk - Christian Viking
    Andrew Flanagan
    • Gudmond - Christian Viking
    James Ramsey
    • Gudmund - Christian Viking
    Gary Lewis
    Gary Lewis
    • Kare - Christian Viking
    Jamie Sives
    Jamie Sives
    • Gorm - Christian Viking
    Ewan Stewart
    Ewan Stewart
    • Eirik - Christian Viking
    Rony Bridges
    Rony Bridges
    • Magnus - Christian Viking
    Robert Harrison
    • Roger - Christian Viking
    Andy Nicolson
    • Christian Viking
    Douglas Russell
    Douglas Russell
    • Olaf - Christian Viking
    Garry Sweeney
    Garry Sweeney
    • Christian Viking
    Tashi Tsering
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      • Nicolas Winding Refn
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      • Matthew Read(additional writing)
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    • Trivia
      One-Eye was a nickname for Oden (Odin), who in the Norse legends gave one of his eyes as a sacrifice to the well of Mimer to get wisdom. The sacrifice also gave him the power to see hidden things.
    • Goofs
      When the General stabs the Priest in the back, his dagger and sword have changed hands when the shot switches to behind the General.
    • Quotes

      Barde: I once met man who told me... they eat their own God... Eat his flesh. Drink his blood. Abominable...

    • Crazy credits
      "In the beginning there was only man and nature. Men came bearing crosses and drove the heathen to the fringes of the earth."
    • Connections
      Featured in NWR (Nicolas Winding Refn) (2012)

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    6/10
    Strange, inventive, deep....but slow
    The human nature is very strange.You see a movie still, an artwork, or whatever, and you think you know everything about a movie, you haven't even seen yet.Yes, like most of you, my expectations were at a very different level, but i was simply not prepared for what i saw.

    This movie is epic, although the small proportions of it.And by proportions, i mean budget, scale, those things.The only thing i knew before seeing the movie, was an actor i have seen before-One Eye, or Mads Mikkelsen.He was great in Casino Royale and was one of the few things i liked about Clash of the Titans.So that's the main reason i went to see the movie.

    But after all, i wasn't left disappointed, because the movie was good in a light, i haven't predicted.It was relentless, ruthless, brutal, but fascinating as well.It has a few underline stories, involving Christianity and faith in God, as well as paganism and disbelief.There are some Christian taboos as well.And according to Christianity "Valhalla" means hell not the place, where all warriors go.That's in the Scandinavian literature.

    The story is pretty simple-a man is being kept as a prisoner, until he escapes with a boy.They meet some Vikings on their way to Jerusalem.They travel together, but next thing you know they find themselves on an isolated shore.The men start dying one by one, which forces them to think, they're in hell.They see the quiet One Eye as the man to blame.

    The acting of One Eye was great-the thing, that caught my attention till the very end.He did an outstanding job, and if you want to hear him talk, see Titans or Casino Royale, instead.Because that is something very different.It is set on a smaller scale, and is gruesome and a little bit pointless at time, but that obviously was the point...

    The thing i have against the movie, is the fact, it is too slow.It is creative, beautiful, masterful direction most of the time, but it is simply slow and even boring at moments.The dialogue is rare to be found.There was a scene, i didn't quite understood, because of the lack of dialogue.And the scene was important.If this was the idea, well, it wasn't transfered good to the audience.And if it wasn't, this means one thing-poor screen writing.But nevertheless, a good movie, not great, not terrible as well.It is hard to be explained.Maybe, "strange" is the word, i'm looking for.See it.Judge for yourself.

    If you're waiting to see endless battles, that's not the movie for you.It has battles, but in a very small amount of time.If you're looking for a different take on Religion, movie-making and acting, see it.And, pointless at times, slow and boring-those are the things that can bother You.But if You overcome them, You'll probably like it a little bit more, because it builds intensity and mystery, sooner or later.

    A movie, not from this decade, but a movie, that should have been made.A movie not for anyone.

    My rate:6/10
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    • drakula2005
    • May 18, 2010

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      • March 31, 2010 (Denmark)
      • Denmark
      • United Kingdom
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      • Scotland, UK
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      • BBC Films
      • Belle Allee Productions, La
      • La Belle Allee
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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
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