The Vikings (1958)
Directed by Richard
Fleischer this film is based on the novel of the same name and stars
Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leight and Ernest Borgnine. During
the Dark Ages two Vikings and an English king fight over a Welsh
princess.
If you even have a
passing knowledge of history you will spot more historical
inaccuracies in this film than you can shake a stick at. The plot is
fairly simplistic, something that you will have seen or seen
something similar to in many other films of this type. Casting
Borgnine to play the father is Douglas is a slightly strange choice
as Douglas is the older of the two and the battle sequences are not
overly impressive.
3/5
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