Product: Beowulf (1999)
Rating: 4.0
Weird But I Liked It
BeowulfI watched this movie expecting just what I got the usual Christopher Lambert fare, i.e. Highlander with Sean Connery. Christopher is not known for his academy award seeking movies. As a matter of fact the Sicilian was one of his better roles and he is not the best of actors but the supporting cast i.e. Rhona Mitra with the "enhancements" is eye candy for the meandering script and dialouge. From what I understand this film is loosley based on a book based on myth and that is what I took it for. Sword and socery and nothing more. I guess this movie is similiar to the Kung-Fu movies that used to come on on Saturday afternoons with the flying through the air, and feats of great strength by the star performers and in that light it is an entertaining movie. Mr Lambert was his usual monotone, quite dry self which was occasionally intrupted by a mythical beast that tore asunder warriors for no apperent reason other than they were home. I would have given this movie 3-stars except for the very lovely Rhona Mitra whom I think is well pleasing to the eye. For a long time she did bits in movies, i.e. the neighbor of Kevin Bacon in "Hollow Man" and the bounty huntress seeking to bring Riddick to justice in "The Chronicles of Riddick" and recent brief appearances in the newly released movie "Shooter" starring Mark Wahlberg. So all in all if you like sword and sorcery and a bit of a twist of a quirky movie and I apologize for almost forgetting about the lovely Patricia Valezquez in a cameo role in this movie, known more for her roles in the Mummy and Return of the Mummy with Rachel Weisz, but I digress, then you may like this one, I did because I didn't expect anymore out of it than "Action" and nothing more. If you are looking for character depth and development then I suggest one of the movies I mentioned above especially the movie "Shooter" with Wahlberg, it is fantastic! Mark found his niche.