So, if you give him $90 million to make an action movie, then you're not going to get a $90 million action movie – you're going to get a $90 millionWhile there are multiple moments and scenes that may rub some audience members up the wrong way, it is that mix of the truly bizarre with what at times is a very streamlined action movie that resets the boundaries of what a modern action movie is capable of.
When his father is killed and his mother is kidnapped by his uncle , young Amleth runs away from his kingdom, spending the next few decades becoming a single-minded machine of vengeance, with the intent of returning home to get his revenge.Once grown up, Amleth disguises himself as a new slave for his uncle, begins to fall in love with a fellow slave , and together they set about destroying his uncle's life from the inside out.
Our first introduction to grown-up Amleth is as a part of a pack of Vikings as they lay waste to a settlement in a technically staggering one-shot attack sequence that begins with one of the coolest images in recent cinema history , and ends with Skarsgard's muscled frame drenched head to toe in blood.It turns Eggers is a dab hand at directing action, setting the grizzly hack 'n' slash stuff against the stunning vistas , all the while peppering in some of his trademark weirdness.
While it doesn't all coalesce into something absolutely perfect - the romance between Skarsgard and Joy feels undercooked, while Bang never really represents a threatening equal to our hero - The Northman does successfully marry the ideologies of 300 andGo in with an open mind and you'll come out having enjoyed one of the best and most-unique action movies of recent years.
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