History it is not

Rating: Null/10 (5 May 2000)

As a historian looking at this flim I saw a great amount of flaws. A few facts that well help you see these errors when you watch the movie. The Northmen that settled in what would become Russia were by the time this movie takes place (922 AD) more settled then the ones in the movie. The Norse or Varangians of the Russian Steppes were less contacted with there relatives to the north then would be seen in this movie. By the way at the start of this movie is the worse part. The whole intrigue with the princess is little more then a side-note. If your looking for any romance in this movie forget it. The battles scenes were done well but not at all realistic. There is no real development of a story line and the characters just seem to be put together and interaction is not well done at all.