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Release Date:
1 April 1999 (Singapore) moreTagline:
Unleash your dark side.Plot:
A sci-fi update of the famous 6th Century poem. In a beseiged land, Beowulf must battle against the hideous creature Grendel and his vengeance seeking mother. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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A late '80s action flick from the late '90s moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christopher Lambert | ... | Beowulf | |
| Rhona Mitra | ... | Kyra | |
| Oliver Cotton | ... | Hrothgar | |
| Götz Otto | ... | Roland | |
| Vincent Hammond | ... | Grendel | |
| Charles Robinson | ... | Weaponsmaster | |
| Brent Jefferson Lowe | ... | Will | |
| Roger Sloman | ... | Karl | |
| Layla Roberts | ... | Grendel's Mother | |
| Robert Willox | ... | Chief Officer | |
| Patricia Velasquez | ... | Pendra | |
| Marcello Cobzarju | ... | Lookout | |
| Vlad Jipa | ... | Sentry | |
| Diana Dumbrava | ... | Hrothgar's Wife | |
| Andrei Rusu | ... | Soldier #1 |
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Rated R for violence and sexuality.Parents Guide:
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95 min | Argentina:99 minCountry:
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Dolby DigitalCertification:
South Korea:15 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:12Filming Locations:
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A short scene of Grendel having sexual contact with Rhona Mitra's character in her room was shot but left out because it didn't really work and the director later felt that it also wouldn't match with the story. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Beowulf cuts off the arm of Grendel, we see a left arm hit the ground (look at where the thumb is) but it is Grendel's right arm that is missing. moreFAQ
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Honestly, without looking at the production details, I would never have guessed this film wasn't made in the eighties. It's so eighties I feel it perfectly epitomizes the beloved "'80s action B-movie" genre despite being made a full decade too late. And knowing the extremes B-movies actually from the eighties can go to, that's saying A LOT.
It has Chris Lambert playing Billy Idol in a long black leather coat playing Beowulf; Rhona Mitra, "The original model behind Lara Croft in Tomb Raider!"; the kind of ingenious/insane mix of pseudo-medieval, post-apocalyptic and modern fashion and technology I haven't seen since Knights (and that's another one for the B-movie history books); a rather nice, if forgettable, techno soundtrack; more somersaults than you can shake a lever-action clockwork sword at; and Grendel's HOT MOMMA!
I think Beowulf would have approved. It gets the attitude right, and that's what counts - to quote the poem, Chapter IX, "Me thus often the evil monsters/ Thronging threatened. With thrust of my sword,/ The darling, I dealt them due return!" (The full text of Beowulf is available at http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~beowulf/ )
And, by the way, let's not forget that dirty little chuckle Lambert has perfected. I loved it when he played Raiden in Mortal Kombat, and I absolutely love it here.