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Valhalla Rising (2009)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Movie review
From Time Out Online
For his latest trick, Danish wunderkind Winding Refn (The ‘Pusher’ trilogy, ‘Bronson’) has pulled a grotty Viking saga out of the hat, and it’s really quite brilliant…for the first twenty minutes. Mads Mikkleson lives up to his name as a heavily-tattooed, one-eyed killing machine who, after dispatching sundry warriors while being chained to a post, escapes his captors and joins a band of men wanting to introduce Christianity to Jerusalem. Kudos to Refn for attempting to do something new – both visually and narratively – with the Viking genre, but a mixture of arty aspiration and confusing plot means that, sadly, this falls long short of satisfying.Author: David Jenkins
Time Out Online London Film Festival 2009
Cast & crew
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Gary Lewis, Jamie Sives full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 90 mins
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