Hammer Of The Gods (2013)
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Set in Viking Britain in 871 AD, Hammer of the Gods is a visceral, intense tale set in a world whose only language is violence. A young Viking warrior, Steinar (Charlie Bewley), is sent by his father the king on a quest to find his estranged brother, who was banished from the kingdom many years before. Steinar's epic journey across terrifyingly hostile territory gradually sees him emerge as the man his father wants him to be - the ruthless and unforgiving successor to his throne. (c) Magnolia- Rating:
- R (for bloody violence, language including sexual references, and some nudity)
- Genre:
- Action & Adventure
- Directed By:
- Farren Blackburn
- Written By:
- Matthew Read
- In Theaters:
- Jul 5, 2013 Limited
- On DVD:
- Sep 10, 2013
- US Box Office:
- $438
Cast
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Charlie Bewley
as Steinar -
Clive Standen
as Hagen -
James Cosmo
as King Bagsecg -
Elliot Cowan
as Hakan -
Michael Jibson
as Grim -
Guy Flanagan
as Jokul
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Critic Reviews for Hammer Of The Gods
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It's hardly high art, but for a cheapjack homegrown action flick this is surprisingly solid.
[Blu-ray Review] This Blu-ray disc of "Hammer of the Gods" looks aesthetically beautiful, brought to life in all its moody, fog-drenched glory. My only wish is that the film itself was better.
The low-budget production values and a rather messy Game of Thrones meets Braveheart script might make this film feel extremely corny, but at least it tries to tell an interesting story without the usual Hollywood bombast.
If it's gratuitous Saxon violence you're after then you've come to the right place.
A nasty, brutal and relatively short entertainment, aimed at middle-of-the-woad Conanists.
Hammer of the Gods avoids any real risks and lacks in distinct innovation.
So Hammer of the Gods is that most unexpected and unlikely of films, a Viking Apocalypse Then - but while it is an enjoyable enough romp, trying to out-hammer the impact of Coppola's masterpiece is as foolhardy as challenging the gods themselves.
Dumb and dreary but ultimately hard to hate.
This is what happens when your Lord of the Rings cosplay gets overrun by Method stuntmen.
Farren Blackburn's likable debut transports us to Britain in 871 ...
Like Game of Thrones crossed with Braveheart but stripped of most of the budget, this scrappy film tells an intriguing story without the usual Hollywood bombast.
Barely one step above a middling Game of Thrones fan-film, albeit executed with little of the passion that this would imply.
In spite of the Apocalypse Now-lite finale and the variety of cliche checks along the way, there's something remarkably earnest about the whole affair.
Imagine TV's The Vikings with a twist and you won't be disappointed, but the biggest heroics on show here are in the budget-stretching department.
A bloody-knuckled fightfest, back-dropped by the beautiful Welsh countryside, this defies its budget to bring a little epic to Viking Britain.
There's an abundance of hand-to-hand medieval combat violence but not much else in this absurdly macho action saga.
Pointlessly graphic and absolutely ridiculous, Hammer of the Gods is a poorly attended LARP event crossed with basic cable fantasy filmmaking standards.
Hammer of the Gods steals freely from a number of modern action films, but the fact that it is so misguided and fares so poorly is another thing entirely.
An unbearably stupid exercise in gore that deserves to die the same cruel, soulless death that nearly every character does at some point in the film.
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