If you're not into violent viking films....

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 2005)

If you're not into violent viking films, this isn't your movie. In a lot of ways, it reminds me of Die Hard 3 in that it was really good until the last act. Not that the last act was bad, but the most important rule for great action flicks is, don't peak until the end... This movie however had a great action sequence at the end of the second act, but the third act is basically two action sequences, that although not bad, they don't match let alone equal what we've already seen...
If you're not convinced about the need for action flicks to peak at the end, go watch any James Cameron Flick to see how its done... McTiernan's best movies have them to... Die Hard, Predator, Hunt For Red October.... The last acts of those flicks are classics.