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Beowulfis a 1999 American science fantasy-action film loosely based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf. The film was directed by Graham Baker and written by Mark Leahy and David Chappe. Unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a science-fiction/fantasy film that, according to one film critic, "takes place in a post-apocalyptic, techno-feudal future that owes more to Mad Max than Beowulf."[2] While the film remains fairly true to the story of the original poem, other plot elements deviate from the original poem (Hrothgar has an affair with Grendel's mother, and they have a child together, Grendel; Hrothgar's wife commits suicide).

A castle-like outpost comes under attack by a creature, named Grendel, on a nightly basis. However, it refuses to attack the border lord Hrothgar. One of the outpost's residents, Pendra, escapes the following morning but is captured by a rival siege line who intend to kill her to prevent the outpost's evil from spreading. Pendra is saved by a mysterious warrior named Beowulf and rides with him, but when she realizes Beowulf is riding for the outpost, she runs back to the siege line and is killed. Beowulf meets Hrothgar and is permitted to stay to help slay the beast. Hrothgar, his daughter Kyra, and his military leader Roland suspect that Beowulf was sent by a rival family to avenge the death of their son Nivri, Kyra's former husband. However, Kyra's suspicions dissipate when she realizes that Beowulf can sense evil.

For a few nights, Hrothgar experiences nightmares about his late wife's suicide, triggered by a mysterious woman who stalks him in his sleep. When Grendel attacks during the day, Beowulf and Hrothgar's remaining soldiers are forced to confront Grendel. They evacuate the women and children to a sanctuary, but they are immediately slaughtered by Grendel. Beowulf manages to wound Grendel, but is also wounded in the process. As Kyra attends to Beowulf, Roland confesses his romantic feelings for her; however, she only sees him as a brother. After Beowulf recovers, Kyra reveals that Nivri was an abusive spouse and she killed him after he attempted to force himself on her. Beowulf believes she was justified. Beowulf faces Grendel again and severs its arm. Believing Grendel to be dead, the survivors celebrate and Roland is lured by the woman, who kills him.

Kyra discloses her romantic feelings to Beowulf and the two have sex. Afterwards, Beowulf reveals to Kyra that he is half-human because his mother was impregnated by Bael and he is only able to suppress his inner evil by battling evil. Beowulf senses the mysterious woman and rushes to find her. Kyra and Hrothgar return to the dining hall to find everyone dead, including Roland. They encounter her, who reveals herself to be Grendel's mother and Hrothgar as its father, hence why Grendel had spared him before. Hrothgar's unfaithfulness led to his wife's suicide. Hrothgar attempts to kill the succubus but is killed by Grendel. Beowulf arrives and kills the beast. Grendel's mother attempts to appeal to Beowulf's inner evil to seduce him, but fails and transforms into a giant humanoid spider-like creature. After Beowulf defeats her, their battle forces the outpost to collapse on itself. Beowulf and Kyra escape, and she convinces him to let her accompany him on his journeys.

As with other Beowulf adaptations, the film reinterprets the poem, blending its original genre with "tropes from horror and soft pornography," but it also retains and expands on its original elements.[3]

The film addresses the poem's plot point of Beowulf not having a wife or an heir, as it reveals Beowulf to be the same kind of creature as the monsters themselves, making him refusing to produce offspring. The poem's emphasis on genealogy is represented by humans and monsters mating with each other, with Grendel being the son of Hrothgar and Beowulf being the result of a god of darkness inseminating a woman.[3][4] Beowulf and Grendel are shown as mirror images of each other, as the former harbors an internal struggle to contain his monstrous nature, while the latter was conceived by his mother as a revenge for an external oppression.[4]

Grendel's mother is portrayed as a representation of monstrous female sexuality.[3][4] She operates as a seductive succubus, giving birth to monsters, but can also shapeshift into a monster herself. This form resembles a dragon, an arachnid and a gorgon,[3] not only evoking the Freudian Medusa's Head, but also evoking the archaic mother by resembling a vagina dentata with phallic talons.[4] She also sexually attacks Hrothgar, inverting the trope of horror film monsters chasing after female leads.[3]

Critical reaction to the film has been highly negative. The general criticisms for the film were the weak script, below-average acting, corny dialogue, deviations from the source material, and over-reliance on camp, although it was hailed for its production design. Danl Griffin of Film as Art said the film "understands that liberties must be taken with the poem's characters to create a more cinematic experience, and there are moments that, even in its liberties, it reveals a deep appreciation for the poem, and a profound understanding of its ideas. There are other moments, however, that seem so absurd and outlandish that we wonder if the writers, Mark Leahy and David Chappe, have even read the poem." Griffin added that "Lambert is certainly effective", but concluded that "clever ideas aside, the film is unfortunately mediocre at best. The set design and some of the revised storyline are both stupendous, but the overall experience makes for poor cinema."[2]

Beyond Hollywood's review said that "genre films don't get any sillier than this", but called the film "above average". The review praised the film's "energetic action" and said that it "excels in set design", but added that "the techno (music) is pretty annoying."[5] Calling the film "a cheesy post-apocalyptic update of the ancient tale", Carlo Cavagna of About Film praised the film's action scenes but felt that Lambert and Mitra had no chemistry.[6]

Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.

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Lawrence Kasanoff of Foodfight and Mortal Kombat Annihilation presents Underworld on a budget but with Christopher Lambert doing a shitload of backflips, half-volume techno music, and Kasanoff's trademark computer-generated hemorrhoids. Exactly the kind of bin juice you think it is, yet too restrained to hold your attention. Is Christopher Lambert even capable of not whispering every word that comes out of his mouth?

I could have watched anything I wanted last night, so for some reason I watched 1999's "Beowulf," which reimagines the oldest story in the English language as a...steampunk action film featuring "Highlander's" Christopher Lambert and an industrial rock soundtrack by TVT Records (KMFDM, Front 242, Gravity Kills). The vast majority of the dialogue sounds poorly ADR'd, and Grendel looks like the monster from "Pumpkinhead'' with a layer of digital blur added in post.

A masterpiece of schlock brought to you by the ball-busting, backflipping, crossbow wielding, sword swinging, rope throwing, techno horse riding, axe tossing, hair bleaching, leather wearing, insult throwing, robo laughing, empty staring, lightly jogging, sloppy kissing, half smiling, awkward pouting and generally all-round badass, Christopher Lambert. My hero.

Make no mistake: Graham Baker's "Beowulf" is nothing more than a limited scope and scale retelling of the foundational epic poem of the same name. A bleached-blonde Christopher Lambert plays the titular hero, fighting deadly monsters in a land that is at once dark-aged and vaguely futuristic.

Though the film does little beyond trying to replicate the poem's narrative plot points in an updated landscape, it is entertaining. The film moves swiftly and offers up enough swashbuckling action to satisfy. The production is solidly executed, and its slightly-above-B-movie pedigree is never a genuine distraction. This "Beowulf" may not really break any new ground, but it will appeal to those looking for a throwback action/science fiction adventure.

Beowulf has always had a weird presence in my life. See, I grew up in a small village in the southwest part of Sweden where allegedly, according to one interpretation of the myth about Beowulf, the guy lived. So throughout much of my school-years (10 years in the same school) there was this comic-esque mural on a wall in school, painted by one of the students and portraying the myth about Beowulf, Grendel and the dragon and I found myself standing by that wall so many times, entranced by the story.

In der Vergangenheit habe ich schon fter fr ein paar Minuten reingeschnuppert, hatte aber nie Lust davon mehr zu sehen. Das ist so ein bekloppter Film, dass man mit dem Kopfschtteln gar nicht mehr aufhren kann.

Salto Lambert, der mehr Waffen mit sich trgt als Rambo, kmpft gegen das CGI und Gummi Monster Grendel und macht den Techno DJ! Da der Text ja lautet: Sie liebt den DJ!, verguckt sich sexy Rhona Mitra in unseren schauspielsteifen Helden. Warum verliebt sich diese Frau nicht in mich? Naja, diese Fantasy Trash Grtze kann man getrost ignorieren. Einziger Hingucker ist halt Rhona Mitra, da sind meine feuchten Trume? vorprogrammiert. Also strt mich nicht!

In his 1999 film, Beowulf, director Graham Baker took a look at those themes and decided that he could spice things up a bit. How? By setting it in the future, filling it with tired film tropes, and casting action star Christopher Lambert (Highlander, Mortal Kombat).

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