Viking is not a movie about the glory of the North. It is a movie about the weight of the crown.
Directed by Andrey Kravchuk, this isn't a story about raiding. It’s a story about The Plot: A Prince in the Mud Forget Ragnar Lothbrok. Viking follows the historical figure of Prince Vladimir of Novgorod (played with a weary, stone-faced intensity by Danila Kozlovsky). After his father’s death, Vladimir is cast out by his murderous half-brother Yaropolk. Forced to flee over the frozen sea, he returns not as a hero, but as a desperate exile. viking the movie
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What follows is a grim, muddy, and shockingly violent crawl toward the throne of Kiev. It’s a story about The Plot: A Prince
(Deducting one point for the occasional shaky-cam, but adding a bonus point for the most realistic shield wall ever put to film.)