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Beowulf

"A fortress at the edge of darkness. An enemy within that only one man can conquer!"

Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.

Top Cast

  • Christopher Lambert

    Christopher Lambert

    Beowulf

  • Rhona Mitra

    Rhona Mitra

    Kyra

  • Oliver Cotton

    Oliver Cotton

    Hrothgar

  • Götz Otto

    Götz Otto

    Roland

  • Vincent Hammond

    Vincent Hammond

    Grendel

  • Charles Robinson

    Charles Robinson

    Weaponsmaster

  • Brent Jefferson Lowe

    Brent Jefferson Lowe

    Will

  • Roger Sloman

    Roger Sloman

    Karl

  • Layla Roberts

    Layla Roberts

    Grendel's Mother

Overview

Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.

Rating

4.4 / 10
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1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    4 Aug 28, 2023

    What could have possessed the "Highlander" himself to participate in this nonsense? Based (very) loosely on the old poem, this tries to modernise the story (it even features tannoy speakers) and give it a contemporary feel - though still using the costumes and weapons of the original time. Our eponymous hero rescues a maiden then takes refuge with Oliver Cotton's "Hrothgar" in his fortress - only for them all to be attacked and brutally picked off by the shape-shifting "Grendel" - a sort of "Puff" the magic dragon type effect with a gravelly voice.... The production and visuals aren't the worst, but the very heavily made-up Lambert - sporting a peroxide coiffure, and the terribly wooden Rhona Mitra ("Kyra") ensure that this film positively groans as it lumbers along. The soundtrack appears to have found a mind of it's own - and what dialogue there is adds virtually nothing to the "we all do what we have to do" style storyline. Whatever you do, stick around for the end - it's hilarious! This film is a shocking waste of good source material that really isn't anyone's finest work.

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