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Run a Quick Search on "Beowulf & Grendel" starring Stellan Skarsgaard to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Beowulf & Grendel"Browse more products related to "Stellan Skarsgaard, Gerard Butler and Sturla Gunnarsson"ReviewThe otherworldly landscape of Iceland lends an appropriate touch of dark fantasy to this modern retelling of Beowulf, the oldest epic poem in the English language. Gerard Butler (The Phantom of the Opera) brings the right balance of physicality and world-weariness as the Swedish hero Beowulf, who travels to Denmark to fight the monstrous troll Grendel (Icelandic superstar Ignvar Sigurdsson), which has been plaguing the house of King Hrothgar (Stellan Skarsgård, buried under a mound of prosthetic hair). However, what transpires is not a battle between good and evil, but a convoluted mystery of sorts, with Beowulf playing the detective who discovers that his foe is more human than monster, and Hrothgar less wronged innocent than catalyst for his own downfall. Director Sturla Gunnarsson succeeds in pulling this legendary story from the dust of academics by contemporizing the dialogue (Andrew Rai Berzins has an excellent ear for hard-bitten palaver), and his visuals are nothing less than striking, but the film attempts to be both monster movie and melancholy drama, while never quite satisfying the requirements of either genre. Regardless, the quality cast (which includes Sarah Polley from Dawn of the Dead as a sharp-tongued witch with a connection to Grendel) and some well-handled action sequences should hold viewers' attention even when the unnecessarily complex plot does not. --Paul Gaita Release NoteBeowulf & Grendel tells the bloody tale of the warrior Beowulf's battle with Grendel a great and murderous troll. In this throughly updated version of the seminal Angelo Saxon poem the battle-scarred Norse hero Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to help an old friendKing Hrothgar whose kingdom is being ravaged by the marauding troll Grendel. However Beowulf's attempts to fight the troll are thwarted when Grendel refuses to engage him in battle. When Beowulf meets Salma a mysterious and sensual witch his understanding of revenge is further complicated. Beowulf & Grendel powerfully entwines themes of vengeance loyalty and mercystripping away the mask of the hero myth leaving a raw and tangled tale that rings true today. System Requirements:Length: 104 minsFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/SWORD & SORCERY Rating: R UPC: 013138301185 Manufacturer No: N3011 If You Enjoy "Beowulf & Grendel (Blu-ray)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Beowulf & Grendel (Blu-ray)"There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!
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