To begin with I liked it, and i must admit, although I would prefer the protagonist's hair to not look like he was going to the club and rather like he was going to war, I think it was necessary because of the hectic filming during fight scenes. If there would have been one more guy with long hair, although you may base it on their weapons, I would have lost track of it.

During the movie I grew more fond of it because of the few "obvious" things that would happen, but never did. (like the woman they save, but end up killing because she bitchslaps Grim - or being drugged by a homosexual pedophile but not even getting raped?!)And the way the other characters in the companionship die is also kinda exciting. This made it seem like a "medieval" movie directed in a way I don't recall having seen before. But then came the ridiculous Saxons with their ridiculous masks and costumes and from then on I only think it got worse. The last third part of the movie is never really interesting enough to keep up with other parts of the movie, and I am fed up with the stereotypical view on British barbarians and their costumes. The fake dirt and leather is just too obvious and it also affected my view on the costumes in the rest of the movie, which I started to hate. In some way I wish I would have just stopped the movie 2/3 through... unfortunately I did not. I choose to give it four stars because of a fantastic scenography and the few surprises it also had in it. But not more because I have also seen King Arthur, Centurion and The Eagle, which i find better than this one, although knowing they have not had the same budget, the plot and especially the ending should have been better for me to give more stars. My wish for the next movie about ancient barbarians would be more realistic costumes and maybe researching their fashion as well. For example, historians know that Vikings were known to be very conscious about fashion and their haircut was typically long in the front covering their forehead, while short in the back. I hope Mel Gibson and Berserker might do this, thinking about Apocalypto in which Mel did a great job describing the Mayans.

I'm being generous with a 5 here. This is pretty much a movie for a fan of the genre, the actors aren't too bad and actually pop up in the superior Vikings TV show which is superior in not only looks, but acting, storyline and authenticity. If you liked that series then this is a mildly entertaining diversion. The actual movie kind of belies it's silly intro with characters names splashing across the screen like some kind of video game. It actually becomes a lot darker and issues such as religion and power crop up. This is why I ended up giving it a 5 because by the end of the movie I was quite surprised. the movie kind of grew in itself rather than falling flat.

I don't know about accuracy, but that was not what I was looking for, when I watched this. It was the action and the entertainment it promised. This was part of the Frightfest program and as such it was a nice view. I had an unfortunate incident happen to me after that screening (of material kind, but nothing tragic), but that didn't take away the fun I had while watching this movie.

Not the best movie ever and filled with clichés obviously, this still does not hold back on punches and has some nice action sequences in it. The story is simple and the small group with it simple archetypes/characters is easy to follow too. You'll either jump on that bandwagon, while it rides by or you won't. You'll be able to tell fairly fast. Nice cinematography by the way