For years, One-Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the chieftain Barde. Aided by a boy, Are, he kills his captor and together they escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight from bounty hunters, One-Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that first disintegrates as they sight an unknown land. As the new land reveals its secrets and the Vikings meet a ghastly fate, One-Eye discovers his true self.
Just on time for the upcoming world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, a new - and much improved - trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising has appeared on the scene. Tighter, better resolution, and just generally leaner and meaner this trailer is reason to get awfully excited about the latest from the director of Pusher and Bronson. Check it out below the break!
Vikings and The Crusades? What?? No.
Ok, that trailer seems to give the impression that a boatload of Vikings are off to join The Crusades. They aren't. I found further info at the Herald Scotland.
"...He and a young Viking boy join a ship-load of Christian warriors bound for the Crusades in the Holy Land. They get lost in dense fog and find themselves off the coast of an unfamiliar landscape, which they think may be Valhalla, where Vikings go when they die. But it is in fact America."
Well that makes more sense.
Indeed, kinda a different take on the Pathfinder movie. Looks much more graphic and violent though. I was at first confused by the description until I read the added synopsis provided by shonokin.
I'll be interested in seeing it.