Beowulf [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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good film shame about the subtitles

Not great, but definitely fascinating!

Turn off your brain and enjoy the action

Good combat scenes, but somebody lost the script.

Beowulf [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Christopher Lambert , Rhona Mitra , Oliver Cotton , Götz Otto , and Charles Robinson
Director: Graham Baker
Manufacturer: Dimension
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Beowulf & Grendel [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

ASIN: B00004Y631
Release Date: 2000-10-17

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good film shame about the subtitles.......2007-12-08

i enjoyed this film and as promised it also had an english language option, unfortunately this also included german subtitles which i tried every which way to turn off but to no avail. if this doesent bother you then buy the film it is worth watching if only for the cool weapons. christopher lambert still has the mean moodiness he is famed for but still cant crack a joke very convincingly. all in all a good beer and pizza movie, well worth a look.

Not great, but definitely fascinating!.......2005-08-14

Let's say it at once, I have very mixed feelings about this film. Certainly it is not great, barely good to be honest, but it does have a couple of interesting qualities and thus is worth to be given a chance - I have given it three, and will keep returning to it...

I would broadly characterise the genre as "Action Fantasy". Very loosely based on the old Germanic Beowulf saga the story concerns a little community harassed by an enigmatic monster, picking off warriors one by one. Enter Beowulf, a mythical and mystical man who tracks the monster down and, finally, kills it. But, to everyones surprise, this is not the end of it...

If you know the Beowulf saga, you will hardly recognise it - only a few major elements have been fetched from it and then set in a different environment (Grendels mother, for instance, is NOT what you expect!!). The setting is very anacronistic - what about "knights" with public address systems... - but still not more weird than the original saga itself, really.

The acting is generally "acceptable" - seldom better, sometimes worse. Christopher Lambert does his title character reasonably well, while some other actors perform below par though, perhaps, never really bad.

Well, that doesn't sound so good, really - how come, then, that I am fascinated by it? I think there are two main reasons:
** The structure is well worked out. I guess it fits pretty well with the established cinematic story telling structures (Acts I, II and III; plot points where they belong; constant tempo; Good versus Evil; etc).
** The story is true to its setting, and the storytellers avoid one of the greatest pitfalls of all time: explanations. There are quite a few things that are never explained, not even with a hint, leaving them to your fantasy to work out.

Technically the film is good, though the special effects are somewhat dated.

Turn off your brain and enjoy the action.......2001-04-05

This is not going to win any awards for the dazzeling script, but for pure brainless action entertainment you can't go far wrong.

Good combat scenes, but somebody lost the script........2000-09-17

Good combat scenes - Lambert always was good at it. FX are average - it's not Matrix, but I've seen worse. Unfortunately - it looks like somebody lost the script, so the plot is a little bit... uncomplete (for me).

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Beowulf [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Christopher Lambert
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: 6306052437
Release Date: 2004-09-07

Average customer rating:

Amazing! all the hits, without the chat!

ECW - Hardcore Heaven Hard Hits [1997]

Manufacturer: Delta Visual Entertainment
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Amazing! all the hits, without the chat!.......2002-01-13

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