Northman was recently released not too long ago. I watched it yesterday. It is a brutal hack and slash movie with lots of decapitations. The main actor is super duper fit showing his abs and well chiseled body with his long hair and beard. Why would a movie be called " THE NORTHMAN". From my view, the Northman is for those who love watching "Conan the barbarian".
This is the unofficial guide to the Northman from the way I watch it. It's good. If you love some brutality, some muscles, a lot of howling. This is the first movie that I've ever watched in my entire life that... has a final battle scene where both the protagonist and antagonist fight to the death at the gates of LLEH naked. Yes. I am not joking. Naked. Of course they had swords.
THE NORTHMAN
Staring Alexander Skarsgård as
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Amleth
Anna Taylor-Joy as
Olga - Amleth's wife in the later part of the movie
This movie makes me reminisce
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
When Arnold was still a young lad with his huge muscles. Every boy's idol.
The story
In AD 895, King Aurvandill returns to his kingdom on the island of Hrafnsey.
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He is injured from battles and decide to pass on the baton and prepare his son, Prince Amleth. They go through a spiritual ritual where both of them become wolves and howl. King Aurvandil passes his son a necklace for him to become king.
Both of them participating in a spiritual ritual. Howling and pretending to be wolves. During the ritual, the King ask his son to avenge him if one day he is slain. (He predicted his future)
The next day, Fjölnir, the brother of the king kills the king and he declares himself king. King Aurvandill is later decapitated by his own brother.
King Fjölnir then orders his man to bring him the head of the son of the King. Amleth manages to cut off the nose off one of the pursuers and he escapes out into the sea.
While at sea, he rows his boat alone crying vowing for revenge.
YEARS LATER
He is this vicious wolf man raised by vikings. They head into land of Rus.
Climbs up the fence of a fortified village with other vikings and kills every guard with his axe. That's the last part of him with his long hair that you see in the poster.
Amleth meets a seeress , some sort of witch that is blind but has premonitions. She tells him that he is going to defeat King Fjölnir and get his revenge.
He decides to take a ship to Iceland where Fjölnir now lives as a farmer with his two sons. Amleth pretends to be a slave and is brought to the farmland where Fjölnir is. He meets another slave, Olga.
He shows that he is strong so instead of becoming a slave, he is promoted. He cut his hair short.
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He seeks revenge. One night, he meets this witch that tells him of a magical sword. He goes into this place that looks like a cave and sees this huge warrior.
He tries to lift up the sword and take it but this huge warrior stands up and is later defeated and he gets this sword that he hides in the farmland waiting for his revenge.
He then meets his mom one night who was Queen to the slain king. His mother then turns on him.
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She tries to trick him but is later killed by Amleth. He manages to kill the older son of Fjölnir and removes his heart.
Amleth is later beaten by Fjölnir and tied up in a barn and is released by a flock of ravens. Olga rescue him and they are on a boat.
On the boat, he tells her that he needs to seek revenge and swims back while the boat brings Olga away. Amleth kills Fjölnir's youngest son and his wife as he defends himself. Fjölnir ask Amleth to meet at the gates of LLEH for a final battle.
Strange dialog.
Fjölnir : Meet me at the Gate of LLEH
Amleth: I will meet you at the Gates of LLEH
Then there comes the final battle
Somewhere near a pit of fiery lava. They must be hot, so this battle scene, they have completely removed their clothes. Swords swinging. I think from my view, the surrounding temperature would have been over a thousand degrees. Who wins? I'll let you watch it.
