Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.
Christopher Lambert
Beowulf
Rhona Mitra
Kyra
Oliver Cotton
Hrothgar
Götz Otto
Roland
Vincent Hammond
Grendel
Charles Robinson
Weaponsmaster
Brent Jefferson Lowe
Will
Roger Sloman
Karl
Layla Roberts
Grendel's Mother
Patricia Velásquez
Pendra
Robert Willox
Chief Officer
Marcel Cobzariu
Lookout
Vlad Jipa
Sentry
Diana Dumbravă
Hrothgar's Wife
Andrei Rusu
1st Soldier
Vitalie Bantas
1st Guard
Dan Alexandru
Eyepatch Lieutenant
Florin Preoteasa
Executioner
Iulian Ilinca
Executioner's Assistant
Dorin Zaharia
Siege Soldier
Adrian Pavlovschi
Guard
Derik Wingo
Director
Graham Baker
Book
Anonymous
Screenplay
Mark Leahy
Screenplay
David Chappe
August 28, 2023
4
What could have possessed the "Highlander" himself to participate in this nonsense? Based (very) loosely on the old poem, this tries to modernise the story (it even features tannoy speakers) and give it a contemporary feel - though still using the costumes and weapons of the original time. Our eponymous hero rescues a maiden then takes refuge with Oliver Cotton's "Hrothgar" in his fortress - only for them all to be attacked and brutally picked off by the shape-shifting "Grendel" - a sort of "Puff" the magic dragon type effect with a gravelly voice.... The production and visuals aren't the worst, but the very heavily made-up Lambert - sporting a peroxide coiffure, and the terribly wooden Rhona Mitra ("Kyra") ensure that this film positively groans as it lumbers along. The soundtrack appears to have found a mind of it's own - and what dialogue there is adds virtually nothing to the "we all do what we have to do" style storyline. Whatever you do, stick around for the end - it's hilarious! This film is a shocking waste of good source material that really isn't anyone's finest work.