2022 · action · drama · history
The Northman
Directed by Robert Eggers2h 17m2022
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
Our read: The Northman (2022) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive action · drama · history entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme action / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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