Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
1h 43m | PG-13
The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Studio: The Film Works
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Video: 720p
Cast
Gerard Butler
as Beowulf
Spencer Wilding
as Grendels Father
Stellan Skarsgård
as Hrothgar
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
as Grendel
Hringur Ingvarsson
as Young Grendel
Gunnar Eyjólfsson
as Aeschere
Reviews
Not a bad little piece, but sort of out of its time. If it wasn't for the cast (and what a cast) I would have assumed this movie was made at least a decade earlier than it actually was. The dialogue's mix of contemporary and faux medieval was also particularly odd, and the effects were... I don't want to say bad... But, again, seems like the sort of quality that might have come about in the early 90s more than mid 00s. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._