Beowulf (1999)
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 5
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Release Date: Apr 1, 1999 Wide
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The epic eighth-century poem of Saxon lore gets moved into the Scandinavian future in this science fiction adaptation of Beowulf. Here, Beowulf (Christopher Lambert) rescues a damsel in distress, Pendra (Patricia Velasquez), who is being menaced by two men with large swords and bad tempers. Beowulf hears tell of Grendel, a force of evil that feasts on the flesh of warriors of Hrothgar (Oliver Cotton), who are holding their ground in the Outpost. Before long, Beowulf finds himself doing battle
Apr 1, 1999 Wide
Oct 17, 2000
Miramax
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Cast
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Christopher Lambert
Beowulf -
Rhona Mitra
Kyra -
Oliver Cotton
Hrothgar -
Götz Otto
Roland -
Layla Roberts
Grendel's Mother -
Patricia Velasquez
Pendra -
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[Beowful is] a bizarre hybrid, as strange (if not quite as ghastly) as the half-human, half-demon Grendel that haunts the first act.
In an effort to give you, dear reader, insight into the source material from which the screenwriters reverently drew, we offer the following translation of key passages...
Audience Reviews for Beowulf
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The film features the kind of acrobatic martial arts choreographed to a rock music soundtrack that popularized 'Mortal Kombat' (although it was hard for some to accept the middle-aged Lambert backflipping his way through battles!), a quick glimpse at a pre-Mummy Patricia Velazquez, the voluptuous Rhona Mitra as Beowulf's eventual lover, Kyra, and a bit of comic relief by Brent Jefferson Lowe, as the Weaponmaster's son.
While the story never generates a lot of electricity, Lambert is an old hand at this genre, and his confidence, occasional quip, and distinctive laugh have carried him through films far inferior to this!
What can I say but its a good rental for a rainy day. Check it out..
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- Kyra: What are you?
- Beowulf: I'm a trap between two worlds. That's what I am.
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