Product: Beowulf (1999)
Rating: 3.0
Reasonable film, but not the story of Beowulf
I rented this on VHS a while back, expecting to see something fairly close to the classic story. It isn't, not even nearly. The film The Thirteenth Warrior (Antonio Banderas) is a closer telling of the tale, and a better film.The film itself stands adequately on its own merits, although it's not much more than adequate. Christopher Lambert rides around on a horse and struts around in armor, while some unknown terror stalks around the basement of a castle. The castle is surrounded by more men with armor and horses, who don't want anyone to enter or leave it, although they're only moderately successful. Eventually there's a big fight, and the good guys win...