A young man transforms into a brutal warrior as he travels the unforgiving landscape in search of his long lost brother, Hakan the Ferrocious, whose people are relying on him to restore order to their kingdom.
A bloody-knuckled fightfest, back-dropped by the beautiful Welsh countryside, this defies its budget to bring a little epic to Viking Britain.
The quest requires endless battles, bloodshed, betrayal and sacrifice along with laddish, foul-mouthed dialogue indicative of a pretty rum B-movie script.
A sense of humour and some pyrotechnically gory skirmishes enliven this tale of a Viking in hostile Saxon terrain.
A nasty, brutal and relatively short entertainment, aimed at middle-of-the-woad Conanists.
A failure, yes, but a glorious one.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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