This was a strange film. It was some kind of arty flick with a lot slo-mo shots, a lot of wide angle shots and a lot of color grading. There isn't much spoken words in it. Sometimes the music is excellent and then there isn't sound for a few minutes. And still you keep watching. The story is simple, some Christians are out to search for the Holy land. Once there they will Christian the pagans. End of story. But they have someone strange with them, one eye, a kind of slave with fighting skills. It even is sometimes really bloody, with smashing skulls and fights but overall, it's all about the art of filming. At the end you may ask yourself, what the hell did I just see, there wasn't much going on, but again, it's the way of filming, acting, language and score that makes it worth watching.
Review of Valhalla Rising
