Northmen: A Viking Saga

2015

Northmen: A Viking Saga

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Movie Info

A band of Vikings are stranded behind enemy lines on the coast of Alba as their longboat goes down in a dreadful storm. Their only chance of survival is to find a path to the Viking settlement, Danelag, traversing an unfamiliar and hostile land they have never known. The journey becomes a race for their lives when the King of Alba sends his most feared mercenaries after them. But when the Vikings meet a kind Christian Monk who preaches with his sword, the hunters become the hunted as the Vikings set deadly traps, mercilessly decimating their pursuers one by one, culminating in a final and deadly encounter.

Rating:

R (for violence throughout)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Art House & International
Directed By:

Claudio Fäh
Written By:

Bastian Zach, Matthias Bauer
In Theaters:

Jul 31, 2015 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

Aug 11, 2015
Runtime:

97 minutes
Studio:

Anchor Bay Entertainment

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Cast

Ryan Kwanten
as Conall

Tom Hopper
as Asbjorn

James Norton
as Bjorn

Ken Duken
as Thorald

Ed Skrein
as Hjorr

Anatole Taubman
as Bovarr

Charlie Murphy (V)
as Inghean

Johan Hegg
as Valli

Leo Gregory
as Jorund

Darrell D'Silva
as Gunnar

Richard Lothian
as Haldor

Mark Strepan
as Grim

David James
as Gang Leader

Daniel Janks
as Messenger

Joe Vaz
as Murdill

Nick Rasenti
as Gostun

Danny Keogh
as King Dunchaid

Tom Hooper

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Critic Reviews for Northmen: A Viking Saga

All Critics (4) | Top Critics (2)

Shipwrecked Nords battle medieval Scottish hordes in this respectable multinational actioner.

Jul 31, 2015 | Full Review…

Dennis Harvey
Variety
Top Critic
It's hammer time - with sword and arrow too - before the film even establishes which side it's on.

Jul 30, 2015 | Full Review…

Martin Tsai
Los Angeles Times
Top Critic
Every bloody Viking cliche in the book, save for SPAM, and singing about it.

Jul 29, 2015 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Roger Moore
Movie Nation
As formulaic as it is monotonous.

Jul 29, 2015 | Full Review…

Nick Schager
Film Journal International

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Audience Reviews for Northmen: A Viking Saga

Feb 20, 2017

Like Centurion with a little Predator thrown in for good measure. It's simple and... honestly pretty bad, but it does satisfy a certain craving for this sort of film.

Gimly M Super Reviewer
Jul 04, 2015

In a curious switch, an invading Viking horde set on doing the usual Viking activities and atrocities for which they are world renowned, becomes the protagonist after their vessel is sunk in a storm. Forced to escape overland, hounded by mercenaries, and traveling with a princess hostage, the film's question is whether they can escape to rape and pillage again. So its a chase film set in the old world, but it does invoke the setting and the cliché characters are portrayed well enough to involve the casual viewer.

Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
Dec 01, 2014

Entertaining. Reminded me the Lord of the Rings!! But forgettable.

Chrisanne C Super Reviewer