Beowulf (1999)

R03/31/1999Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Horror1h 35m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Christopher Lambert

    Beowulf

  2. Cast 1

    Rhona Mitra

    Kyra

  3. Cast 1

    Oliver Cotton

    Hrothgar

  4. Cast 1

    Götz Otto

    Roland

  5. Vincent Hammond

    Grendel

  6. Cast 1

    Charles Robinson

    Weaponsmaster

  7. Brent Jefferson Lowe

    Will

  8. Cast 1

    Roger Sloman

    Karl

  9. Cast 1

    Layla Roberts

    Grendel's Mother

What could have possessed the "Highlander" himself to participate in this nonsense? Based (very) loosely on the old poem, this tries to modernise the story (it even features tannoy speakers) and give it a contemporary feel - though still using the costumes and weapons of the original time. Our eponymous hero rescues a maiden then takes refuge with Oliver Cotton's "Hrothgar" in his fortress - only for them all to be attacked and brutally picked off by the shape-shifting "Grendel" - a sort of "Puff" the magic dragon type effect with a gravelly voice.... The production and visuals aren't the wors...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$20,000,000.00

Revenue $1,531,251.00

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