Impressive battles, not much else

Rating: 5/10 (14 December 1999)

What a non event!! I had a pretty good idea of what the basic plot line of this flick was, but I did expect to see a lot more battles. These, although splashed with blood and gore galore, were just too dark! It was difficult to make out who was fighting whom most of the time.
Aside from the violent battles, however, the story was slow and the holes in the plot were blatantly obvious. For example - how many hillmen does it take to overwhelm a tiny little village? And where do you fit 13 horses on a Norse boat in the middle of huge seas?
The story line was not very involving, I missed why the reason why the hillmen were trying to wipe out that tiny village. Plus the idea of all these warriors getting instructions from old witches who either live in the hills or in the deepest caves on earth wasn't very convincing! Surely they're not that stupid!
CONCLUSION: Ending was one large cliche. I give this 5/10.