Directed by Louisa Warren, (who brought us 'Pagan Warrior', 'The Tooth Fairy', 'Scarecrow Rising' and 'The Ghosts of Borley Rectory') this clearly low-budget venture has once more been written off by a number of online critics because ... it's a low-budget venture. With that in mind, one can either admire the ambition of such a production as this, featuring much physical conflict and extensive location filming, or moan about the occasionally stilted acting and tepid fight choreography from the performers.
I'm a big fan of low-budget films. Any lack of resource is often more than made up for by freedom of ideas and lack of pandering to high-flying producers (no pun intended - this is distributed by High Fliers films) and demographics.
I enjoyed this. There's a good story being told, some impassioned performances and a genuine build up of tension as the tale progresses. There are some pacing issues, and some characters' antics suffer from a certain repetition. Lead Ingrid (Darcie Rose) in particular, looks far too modern, as do some of the others, but is played well enough to excuse that. Darrell Griggs is especially good as the unhinged Gunner and Peter Cosgrove snorts and snarls nicely as Snorre. Technically, the production is faultless - great use is made of locations. Mr score is 7 out of 10.
Plot summary
Ingrid and her siblings are on the run from the Beserkers who have begun invading the villages, taking over, savagely using the residents on a game where they vs a Beserker, and if they win, they get to survive - only, no one ever wins. The siblings are trying to escape the Beserkers after they violently murdered and took over their town. However, the Beserkers are on their trail, and want to put them in the game.
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Low budget, but full of passion.
Where are your daughters?
Berserker Vikings invade Shetland Island (the one with lots of trees and not the historical Shetland Island) and are crazed with having the locals in one on one combat. The Vikings have large plastic swords with no point or sharp edge. You can see the plastic mold break on the tip. They place drum rings around their captured victims, rings that easily slip off the head. It was a horrible movie all around.
Guide: sex and partial nudity.
Horrible,horrible wrong
I as an Icelander,cant watch more than 10 mins of this movie,saw after 5 mins that this was tital bs. It is clearly low budget,no knowings how vikings lived,the clothes are wrong,jewelry,swords and so on and so on.I say;
Don´t watch this movie,vikings where not like those people in this horrible movie.