Gnostic cinema continues...

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2007)

A line of kings, heir-less, their sons begotten by demons - monsters who return to wreak havoc upon their kingdoms, feeding from the pain and pestilence they bring. It is a story as old as the Naga of Indian mythology, and Typhon and Echidna of Greek legend. Monsters and Heroes, glory and damnation inextricably linked. An allegory for the exclusivity of inbreeding oligarchies who revel in the wealth of their ancestor's glory.
Gainman, Avary and Zemeckis respectfully plunder from the stories of Norse myths, particularly the hapless, yet mischievous Loki, father of monsters. The English legend of the Lambton wyrm is in there somewhere too, among the wobbling, bountiful breasts of wenches, the quite extraordinary CGI naked buttocks of Mr. Ray Winstone and "Carpenter's 'The Thing' for kiddies that is Grendel. A highly remarkable film.