Movie: Valhalla Rising
Release Date: July 23, 2010 (limited)
Studio: IFC Films
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Screenwriter: Nicolas Winding Refn, Roy Jacobsen
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Gary Lewis, Jamie Sives, Ewan Stewart, Alexander Morton, Andrew Flanagan, Gary McCormack, Gordon Brown
Genre: Action, Adventure
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Plot Summary: “Valhalla Rising” tells the story of One-Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, who has been held prisoner by the chieftain Barde for many years. Aided by a boy, Are, he kills his captor and together they escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One-Eye and Are board a Viking vessel but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that first disintegrates as they sight an unknown land. As the new land reveals its secrets and the Vikings meet a ghastly fate, One-Eye discovers his true self. Referencing masters like Akira Kurosawa Sergio Leone, and Andrei Tarkovsky, “Valhalla Rising” shows how carnage, once invoked, has no fealty but to itself.
