A classic Old English poem comes to life.

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2008)

Director Robert Zemeckis presents BEOWULF in a digitally enhanced live action Sci-Fi fantasy. Very visual with intense violence and 'simulated' sexual sequences. Why wasn't high school English literature this exciting? If you happen to be a Beowulf purist this movie may cause some agony. King Hrothgar(Anthony Hopkins)and his people and magnificent mead hall are being terrorized by the horrific monster Grendel(Crispin Glover). Hrothgar puts out the word for anyone with a strong army to come band with his own soldiers to battle the monster. It is the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf(Ray Winstone) and his cadre of soldiers to the rescue. The acclaimed hero destroys the demon Grendel and incurs the wrath of the monster's sexy and seductive serpentine mother(Angelina Jolie). The battle will echo through the ages, immortalizing the memory and name of Beowulf. Superior eye-candy. With Jolie at the top of the list; you have to be impressed with the bloodshed and gore, the dripping blood and oozing entrails. The cast also features: Robin Wright Penn, Julene Renee, John Malkovich, Brendan Gleeson, Alison Lohman, Greg Ellis and Sebastion Roche.