King Bagsecg (James Cosmo) is on his death bed. He tasks his son Steinar (Charlie Bewley) to find his older brother Hakan (Elliot Cowan) who had been banned. Steinar travels with a group of men to find Ivar (Ivan Kaye) who may know his whereabouts. Steinar has a brother (Finlay Robertson) and half brother(Theo Barklem-Biggs),neither of which are warriors.

Ivar prefers the companionship of young boys. The film utilizes grindhouse style in its introductions and fighting. Both the Vikings and Saxons have British accents. I thought the Vikings had thicker accents. There were numerous anachronisms in the speech, slang, and general ideology. The ending of the film had me scratching my head as it turns into a bizarre apocalyptic Mad Max scene.

I do not consider this a pseudo history in the same vein as the others that have been released, it is too far off the track.

Makes for an odd historical rental.

I don't know about accuracy, but that was not what I was looking for, when I watched this. It was the action and the entertainment it promised. This was part of the Frightfest program and as such it was a nice view. I had an unfortunate incident happen to me after that screening (of material kind, but nothing tragic),but that didn't take away the fun I had while watching this movie.

Not the best movie ever and filled with clichés obviously, this still does not hold back on punches and has some nice action sequences in it. The story is simple and the small group with it simple archetypes/characters is easy to follow too. You'll either jump on that bandwagon, while it rides by or you won't. You'll be able to tell fairly fast. Nice cinematography by the way

This movie is not full of blatant, easy to see CGI like the big budget movies that are made these days. Everything is real and well done. This movie is low budget, but not cheap, especially with the beautiful landscapes. Most all of the characters have a good depth to them. The story is original and the character development is good. If you are looking for historically accurate and that is your thing, I doubt this is a movie for you. If you want to be entertained with a great story, great characters and a great almost unexpected ending. This movie is for you. Just enjoy the ride. Go in with an open mind.