Beowulf
Beowulf travels as a restless wanderer who learns of a man-eating menace named Grendel, a creature that stalks the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by King Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.
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Graham Baker
Cristian Mungiu
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What could have possessed the "Highlander" himself to participate in this nonsense? Based (very) loosely on the old poem, this tries to modernise the story (it even features tannoy speakers) and give it a contemporary feel - though still using the costumes and weapons of the original time. Our eponymous hero rescues a maiden then takes refuge with Oliver Cotton's "Hrothgar" in his fortress - only for them all to be attacked and brutally picked off by the shape-shifting "Grendel" - a sort of "Puff" the magic dragon type effect with a gravelly voice.... The production and visuals aren't the worst, but the very heavily made-up Lambert - sporting a peroxide coiffure, and the terribly wooden Rhona Mitra ("Kyra") ensure that this film positively groans as it lumbers along. The soundtrack appears to have found a mind of it's own - and what dialogue there is adds virtually nothing to the "we all do what we have to do" style storyline. Whatever you do, stick around for the end - it's hilarious! This film is a shocking waste of good source material that really isn't anyone's finest work.
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The directors of Beowulf are Graham Baker and Cristian Mungiu.
The cast of Beowulf includes Götz Otto as Roland, Rhona Mitra as Kyra, Oliver Cotton as Hrothgar, Christopher Lambert as Beowulf, Vincent Hammond as Grendel, Patricia Velásquez as Pendra, Dorin Zaharia as Siege Soldier, Vitalie Bantas as 1st Guard, Marcel Cobzariu as Lookout, Roger Sloman as Karl, Brent Jefferson Lowe as Will, Layla Roberts as Grendel's Mother, and more.
The duration of Beowulf is 1h 33 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Beowulf trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Beowulf was released on 31 Mar 1999.
Beowulf is listed under Adventure, Fantasy, Action, and Horror on Fanbiz.
Beowulf has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 4.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "What could have possessed the "Highlander" himself to participate in this nonsense? Based (very) loosely on the old poem, this tries to modernise the story (it even features tan..."
