When I mentioned to someone I liked Northmen: A Viking Saga, it was suggested I watch this one. But it turned out to be not nearly as good.The movie did have high quality cinematography and most of the locations were very nice. It wasn't a boring movie, there was a lot of action and intense dramatic situations throughout. But there was plenty wrong with it. The movie's characters were far from likable, except for Agnes who was played by the best of the cast, Alexandra Dowling. The paedophile Viking was a very disgusting character. The cave dwellers were a sickening lot: there was an incestuous relationship and cannibalism. The Saxons were shown to be poor swordsmen, easily defeated even when their numbers were far greater than the Vikings (presumably Danes). History tells a different story. Despite being the people defending their homeland from invaders, the Christian Saxons were portrayed as the villains. The story seemed confused and illogical by times. Harald was the name of a brother of Steinar, but that's a Saxon name, not Viking. Why was the black guy in this supposedly "historical" movie? There were no black people in England at that time. Some of the violent acts in the story didn't make sense. Why would Grim angrily kill the woman who was being stoned, after they saved her? Why did the older brother of Steinar kill his half- brother? Was it necessary for Steinar to kill one of his closest friends? Sadly, despite it's excellent cinematography, Hammer of the Gods is not a good movie.

I just don't get why this gets bad reviews. I think people forget they're watching a fictional movie and not a documentary.This movie was totally awesome. Great characters, fight scenes, and music/sound. Starts, carries, and ends with mega action. Fight scenes look "killer." Nothing better than Viking sword and hammer fights. Not sure if my questions are spoilers but ... 1. Is Vali a traitor? I'm pretty sure he is but it's never actually confirmed. Can anyone prove either way?2. Why is it called Hammer of the Gods? No mention or appearance of a hammer.

Relaxing in front of the TV with nothing to do I came across this little movie that someone appears to have vomited into existence. The cinematography is actually pretty good, the score is OK in parts but a bit OTT in others, costumes are passable, even the script is OK. It all falls apart on the story and the acting.1. Actors - Yep, a collection of guys from the pub with the barmaid thrown in all happy to give making a movie a punt.The lead with his 2012 haircut consisting of perfectly clipper-ed sides, squared sideburns, layered top cut and hair gel - completely consistent with an 800AD Viking prince. He just cannot carry this part. Does not have the screen presence to make it seem credible. It looks acted. It looks like he's copying the clichés. You just don't get a feeling that he is this guy at all, he's just playing him the way other z movie actors have done.Grim - Yes that is the name of this character. You might perhaps have seen a comparable performance on the football terraces at Milwall. Short stumpy guy with an axe, screaming and hacking at people, charging into fights like a yob, just gives no sense of the reality of 800AD warfare. No character development, just one of the pub crowd playing a Viking as a football thug. I was glad when this character died.As for the rest, Hagan was pretty good (infact he seemed the most credible of all the cast), the rest very forgettable.2. The story - well, lets just say its a bit silly. There isn't much of a story. Prince goes looking for his brother as king lays dying. Cue chance to see the pub acting team go wandering across what looks like Wales having a Viking slaughter fest every few minutes.Right from the get go it is cliché. Vikings coming out of the mist. They meet a band of Saxons and kill all of them without losing any of their own. Cue shots of the main characters chopping down, one, then two, then three of the throw away Saxon non entities. Cool, we've established that these Viking guys from the pub can sort of swing a sword and that they are fighting the local blind, drunk, deaf crowd from the nearby hospice that only attack one by one.With the hospice Saxons now dead, the pub Vikings can growl and make silly smiles then head off to find the wounded king.Gosh, I can't say much more but this movie other than for the cast to put this on your CV/resume probably has the same career potential of a skid mark down the page.

I don't know about accuracy, but that was not what I was looking for, when I watched this. It was the action and the entertainment it promised. This was part of the Frightfest program and as such it was a nice view. I had an unfortunate incident happen to me after that screening (of material kind, but nothing tragic), but that didn't take away the fun I had while watching this movie.Not the best movie ever and filled with clichés obviously, this still does not hold back on punches and has some nice action sequences in it. The story is simple and the small group with it simple archetypes/characters is easy to follow too. You'll either jump on that bandwagon, while it rides by or you won't. You'll be able to tell fairly fast. Nice cinematography by the way