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Beowulf & Grendel
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0013137212093
Format: Color, Dolby, Import, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
MPN: DV72120
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Editorial Review:
The otherworldly landscape of Iceland lends an appropriate touch of dark fantasy to this modern retelling of Beowulf, the oldest epic poem in the English language. Gerard Butler (The Phantom of the Opera) brings the right balance of physicality and world-weariness as the Swedish hero Beowulf, who travels to Denmark to fight the monstrous troll Grendel (Icelandic superstar Ignvar Sigurdsson), which has been plaguing the house of King Hrothgar (Stellan Skarsgård, buried under a mound of prosthetic hair). However, what transpires is not a battle between good and evil, but a convoluted mystery of sorts, with Beowulf playing the detective who discovers that his foe is more human than monster, and Hrothgar less wronged innocent than catalyst for his own downfall. Director Sturla Gunnarsson succeeds in pulling this legendary story from the dust of academics by contemporizing the dialogue (Andrew Rai Berzins has an excellent ear for hard-bitten palaver), and his visuals are nothing less than striking, but the film attempts to be both monster movie and melancholy drama, while never quite satisfying the requirements of either genre. Regardless, the quality cast (which includes Sarah Polley from Dawn of the Dead as a sharp-tongued witch with a connection to Grendel) and some well-handled action sequences should hold viewers' attention even when the unnecessarily complex plot does not. --Paul Gaita
The Hero The Monster The MythBeowulf & Grendel is a medieval adventure part fantasy part legendary fable part horror story. It tells the blood soaked tale of a warrior's blade against a murderous troll Grendel who has laid siege to the kingdom of Hrothgar king of the Danes. Out of allegiance to Hrothgar Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster. The monster Grendel is a creature of immense flesh and raging blood driven by a vengeance from being wronged.Beowulf's willingness to kill on behalf of Hrothgar waves when it becomes clear that the King is more responsible for the troll's rampages than was first apparent. Beowulf & Grendel is a tale where vengeance loyalty and mercy powerfully entwine. A story of blood and beer and sweat Beowful & Grendel strips away the mask of the hero myth leaving a raw and tangled tale.System Requirements:Running Time: 103 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 013137212093 Manufacturer No: DV72120
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Beowulf & Grendel
I have seen both Beowulf productions recently released. Granted I am biased toward Gerard Butler, but I liked this production much better than the animated version. The character of Beowulf in this movie was more humble, more thoughtful, more humane. The characters were stronger and more varied.
Rating: - Beowolf and Grendel
Wife bought movie - fan of Gerard Butler - enjoyed movie - Gerard Butler made the movie.
Rating: - Good movie
This movie follows the tale of the Geatland hero Beowulf and his fight against the troll Grendel. This movie was shot very well and the screen writer not only used the epic poem but the history of the era to make this movie. If you're looking for a movie that has a good story search no further; if you are looking for a movie without a complex plot but with pretty pictures go watch The Lord of the Rings or the 2007 animated version of Beowulf...
Rating:  - Horrid, awful movie. NO action and makes no sense
I love Gerard Butler in 300 and thought Attila was ok. This movie is absolutely horrible. First let's define the characters. The troll and his dad are best described as Neanderthal men with lots of body hair and apparently large plastic deltoids (shoulder muscles) that look incredibly fake. The movie starts with the Neanderthal men howling and babbling like deranged infants and believe me you will have plenty of opportunity to listen to this jibber jabber come from the Troll (only the country ... Read More
Rating: - This movie was funny in all the wrong places.
This was seriously one of the worst films I've seen, and I've seen "The Curse" with Wil Wheaton. There is no continuity with accents, character, and least of all the story of Beowulf. The only thing this movie has in common with the poem is that there is some guy named Beowulf and some guy named Grendel. Grendel is not at all meant to be a sympathetic character. He is a _monster_, not just a big man. There is no mention of Odin or Valhalla in the poem. There are absolutely NO sexual themes in ... Read More
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