Beowulf and Grendel

Starring: Butler, Gerard and Curran, Tony

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• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
• Director: Gunnarsson, Sturla
• Starring: Butler, Gerard, Curran, Tony
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Blu-ray; Color; NTSC; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Selma (Sarah Polley) can bewitch you with her forwardness and charm

The story is now nearly two thousand years old. We are used to the written version that was solidified centuries later. This story in the original tradition places a different slant on the tale while holding close to the original. If told verbatim, this would be a twenty-minute movie, so some of the information was filled in from inference. The ending has been changed to pose a new question and allow for a possible sequel. The Dane King Hrothgar (Stellan Skarsgård) crosses paths with a troll (instead of some Harry Potter or Shrek type creature, this is more of a Neanderthal) who dared to steal a fish. That is a killing offense. Unfortunately, after the troll is dispatched, Hrothgar realizes he left a trollet behind. Through an act of kindness or for some other reason, he lets the little Grendel (Hringur Ingvarsson) survive. Now grown-up Grendel (Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, two actors), as required by tradition, takes revenge on the Danes. Without knowing the facts, the Geet hero Beowulf (Gerard Butler) (twelve years later, even though they are a day’s sail away) hears about King Hrothgar's plight and takes his men to the rescue. There he meets a distraught King, a mad monk, a witchy woman, and an elusive and cunning Grendel. One thing that makes the film worth watching is that Grendel may be strong, but mortal, and Beowulf is not as strong as 30 men; this makes the tale more like something that could have happened and turned into a myth. You will enjoy the real scenery and the refreshing absence of all that mind-warping CGI.