Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.
Valhalla Rising (2010) is a adventure, drama, action and fantasy film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, released on March 10, 2010 with a runtime of 1h 33m. It stars Mads Mikkelsen, Gary Lewis, Jamie Sives and Ewan Stewart. Viewers rate it 6.1 out of 10 across 1,369 ratings.
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Official trailers, teasers, clips and featurettes for Valhalla Rising.
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Mads Mikkelsen
as One-Eye
Gary Lewis
as Kare
Jamie Sives
as Gorm
Ewan Stewart
as Eirik
Alexander Morton
as Barde
Callum Mitchell
as Pagan Viking Guard
Andrew Flanagan
as Duggal
Douglas Russell
as Olaf
Maarten Stevenson
as Are / The Boy
Gordon Brown
as Hagen
Gary McCormack
as Hauk
Robert Harrison
as Roger
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, written by Roy Jacobsen and Nicolas Winding Refn, produced by Johnny Andersen, Bo Ehrhardt and Henrik Danstrup.
Average viewer score of 6.1/10 from 1,369 ratings.
It never manages to rise above its one trick. Nicolas Winding Refn directs and Mads Mikkelsen stars in this ponderous exercise in arty veneers. Refn boldly strips back the dialogue and plot to reveal a picture big on ideas but poor in execution. As the story plods along, stopping only briefly for some guttural violence now and then, it becomes evident that the makers have made a painfully boring movie. At first the…
Reviewed on June 3, 2014
Twilight of the grim, grey… um… RELEASED IN 2009 and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, "Valhalla Rising” takes place in the 11th century where a one-eyed mute thrall (Mads Mikkelsen) obtains his freedom in the Scottish Highlands and joins a band of Viking Christians on a voyage to the Holy Land to fight in the Crusades, but the expedition doesn’t go as planned. The movie definitely LOOKS and SOUNDS awesome with an…
Reviewed on May 6, 2018
Rubbish! A true waste of 90 minutes... and of Mads Mikkelsen! It evidently attempts similar as to what we would later see in 2022 with (the excellent) <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-northman/" rel="nofollow">The Northman</a>'</em>, though simply falls flat in every department for me. The whole production just looks so cheap and low-budget (which it wasn't), without even noting the (admittedly…
Reviewed on October 8, 2023
67/100 As viewers, we ride along and observe an ex-slave / barbarian, a young boy, and a bunch of crusaders, as they travel from the Northern Highlands of Great Britain to North America sometime around 1100 AD. That's about the entire story in a nut shell. However, it's extremely authentic and exquisitely photographed. We get to know and understand the characters explicitly with little dialogue. As slow and…
Reviewed on February 10, 2026
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The main cast of Valhalla Rising (2010) includes Mads Mikkelsen, Gary Lewis, Jamie Sives, Ewan Stewart and Alexander Morton. The film was directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Valhalla Rising was released on March 10, 2010 and runs for 1h 33m.
Valhalla Rising (2010) holds an average rating of 6.1 out of 10 from 1,369 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy adventure, drama and action films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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