This could MAYBE, MAYBE, be a good film to see as a second feature at a Drive-In with the aid of some substances or after 3AM. Chis Lambert arrives at a castle under siege and the back-flipping fight scenes begin. Back-flips seem to be a here-to-fore unknown secret weapon in fantasy/Sci-Fi swordplay.
There is a taste of suspense, kinda borrow from Alien in that we don't see the Beast(Grendel) that Beowolf is to fight for most of the film(it's kinda sorta invisible) and there's some sexual tension between the princess and Beowolf. There are weird half broken futuristic weapons (chainsaw swords?), but it really boils down old fashioned kicking butt. The payoff special effects at the end of the movie just aren't up to standard and it takes a lot to ruin a story that is over a 1000 years old.
Lambert seems like a perfect casting for the part at first, but you can't help but wonder when the highlander storyline is going to kick-in for real. He looks kinda like Ted Danson with the grey cropped hair and the gravely voice he uses gets tiresome after a while. In the end, you're left to wonder whether things would have been better off for village if he had never shown up. The only really good parts of the film are the few scant fragments of the original story left intact, but what a journey it is to get there. A more traditional rendering of this epic tale is well overdue.
There is a taste of suspense, kinda borrow from Alien in that we don't see the Beast(Grendel) that Beowolf is to fight for most of the film(it's kinda sorta invisible) and there's some sexual tension between the princess and Beowolf. There are weird half broken futuristic weapons (chainsaw swords?), but it really boils down old fashioned kicking butt. The payoff special effects at the end of the movie just aren't up to standard and it takes a lot to ruin a story that is over a 1000 years old.
Lambert seems like a perfect casting for the part at first, but you can't help but wonder when the highlander storyline is going to kick-in for real. He looks kinda like Ted Danson with the grey cropped hair and the gravely voice he uses gets tiresome after a while. In the end, you're left to wonder whether things would have been better off for village if he had never shown up. The only really good parts of the film are the few scant fragments of the original story left intact, but what a journey it is to get there. A more traditional rendering of this epic tale is well overdue.