RISE OF THE VIKING is yet another European offering that's happy to riff on the popularity of the VIKINGS television series and adopt a bland, generic look and feel throughout. This exists as both this overlong movie and an even longer TV miniseries; this version seemed to be dragged out endlessly so I hate to think what the miniseries would be like. It's a Dutch flick that goes through the motions in depicting conflict between rival tribes; there are the requisite helpings of sex and gore, battle scenes and intrigue, plotting and treachery. The whole thing has a digital look and feel and never surprises once; the lack of real aims and narrative drive makes it feel meandering.
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