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Wednesday, 18 September 2013

VALHALLA RISING [2009]

Nicolas Winding Refn's historical adventure film Valhalla Rising is an entirely different monster than the rest of his but clearly still has the director's stamp on it.
Mads Mikkelsen plays a mute Norse warrior who ends up travelling with a pack of barbaric Christians who find themselves in a Hellish cold and mysterious land.  It's obviously quite violent, filled with bizarre photography and an effectively dense atmosphere with next to no dialogue, all enhanced by pulsating music and questions you may not have the answers to until long after the film is over.  It's a visual adventure that's probably better if you bring your brain along for the slow-burning ride.

4 arrowheads out of 5

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