Beowulf & Grendel [Blu-ray] | ![Beowulf & Grendel [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61H1VNthYlL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Actors: Hringur Ingvarsson, Spencer Wilding, Stellan Skarsgård, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Gunnar Eyjólfsson
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
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Rating:  202 reviews
Sales Rank: 25259
Format: Color, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 3011
UPC: 013138301185
EAN: 0013138301185
ASIN: B000UYX4OK
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: November 6, 2007
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The otherworldly landscape of Iceland lends an appropriate touch of dark fantasy to this modern retelling of Beowulf, the oldest epic poem in the English language. Gerard Butler (The Phantom of the Opera) brings the right balance of physicality and world-weariness as the Swedish hero Beowulf, who travels to Denmark to fight the monstrous troll Grendel (Icelandic superstar Ignvar Sigurdsson), which has been plaguing the house of King Hrothgar (Stellan Skarsgård, buried under a mound of prosthetic hair). However, what transpires is not a battle between good and evil, but a convoluted mystery of sorts, with Beowulf playing the detective who discovers that his foe is more human than monster, and Hrothgar less wronged innocent than catalyst for his own downfall. Director Sturla Gunnarsson succeeds in pulling this legendary story from the dust of academics by contemporizing the dialogue (Andrew Rai Berzins has an excellent ear for hard-bitten palaver), and his visuals are nothing less than striking, but the film attempts to be both monster movie and melancholy drama, while never quite satisfying the requirements of either genre. Regardless, the quality cast (which includes Sarah Polley from Dawn of the Dead as a sharp-tongued witch with a connection to Grendel) and some well-handled action sequences should hold viewers' attention even when the unnecessarily complex plot does not. --Paul Gaita
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 Best of the bunch February 2, 2010
Harley Rider (Hagerstown, MD)
Really enjoyed this movie, thought it was much better and truer to the fable than all the others out there, including the most recent partially animated version with the big name stars.
 BORING January 4, 2010
Amazon Fan
I watched 2007's Beowulf and it was absolutely amazing so I rented this version. What a horrible movie! Beowulf was some guy with a bunch of hair on him and a kid could have stopped him! The whole movie was just people sitting around and talking! Horrible!
 Another ruined classic December 27, 2009
J. Trexler (Murphysboro, IL United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't be fooled by the costumes and scenery. This film mutilates the greatness of the Beowulf story. The monster is regarded as a victim, the Geat warriors a bunch of immoral thugs, and Hrothgar more evil than Grendel. Adding insult to injury, the acting is second-rate, the scenes are joined like a broken window, and script is full of anachronism.
Disappointing, moldy cheese on an attractive platter.
Don't waste your money.
Quite enjoyable, definitely interesting December 24, 2009
A. Metzger
There is little about this movie that I didn't like, that being Sarah Polley's Canadian (not American) accent. What was that about?! Whenever I heard her speak, I cringed. Other than this small tragedy, I absolutely loved the beautiful shots of Iceland in all of its glory, as well as the designs which reminded me of design concepts from the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Overall, this is a fantastic movie, and if you love vikings and Norse mythology you should definitely give this a go.
Outstanding December 10, 2009
Olaf Lutherson (NW Louisiana)
Outstanding movie! One of the closest uses of historical costuming in a movie (not perfect by any means, but much better than most any other 'historical' movie attempt).
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