Directed by Roel Reiné
In the year of 754 AD, during a time of epic battles and bloodshed, the legend of the pagan warrior king, Rebad, is born, but so is a new weapon against his people: Christianity. Redbad must ultimately unite a Viking army powerful enough to defeat the seemingly invincible Franks.
Rise of the Viking, 레드배드, Az utolsó pogány király, La Leyenda de Redbad, Викингското въстание: Легендата за Радбад, Pfad des Kriegers, Cesur Savaşçılar, Viking : L'Invasion des Francs, La llegenda de Redbad, Радбод, Cesta válečníka, Vikings - L'invasione dei Franchi, RedBad: A Invasão dos Francos, 雷德白, Redbad: La invasión de los francos, Vzpon Vikingov: Legenda o Redbadu
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Director Roel Reiné - his previous Dutch historical epic, Michiel de Ruyter is the same type of film - imade this 'epic' Dutch film. I'm looking forward to read American and English opinions about it. The films follows the heathen Frisian king Redbad (also known as Radboud), who in 700 AD took up his arms against the Franks. The Franks use the Christian faith as a truncheon to enslave the North of the Low Countries, Frysia, of what is to become a part of The Netherlanders in later ages. The struggle degenerates into a pompous, and bombastic drama of two hours and forty minutes, which should have been shortened by - at least - an hour. You're watching revised history…
Extremely bad movie, but it was filmed in Eindhoven 5 mins away from my house, and Mike from Breaking Bad is in it for no reason, so I give it a star for that.
This is a good movie with quite good cinematography and the cast and even their acting skills are good, but the storytelling here is a bit poor, overall the movie is Okay
Waar de **** was Jack Wouterse mee bezig!? Volgens mij liet Roel Reiné hem iedere dag voor het filmen de “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition” sketch van Monty Python zien met de woorden “Oké Jack, dit is wat je gaat doen.” Hij speelde een karikatuur van een karikatuur. Zo’n cliché monnik die mensen bijna verdrinkt tijdens het dopen en compleet de weg kwijt is. Zo iemand die zijn lippen aflikt als hij vraagt of een vrouw nog maagd is en tijdens een preek iemand zijn gezicht tot pulp slaat, want “op deze rots bouw ik mijn kerk.”
Waarom spreekt iedereen behalve de Nederlanders standaard Engels? Dus ook de Franken en de Denen. Ik snap dat je cast geen zin heeft…
"Prefiero estar en el infierno con mi familia que en el cielo con mis enemigos"
Redbad sigue a un guerrero frisón que lucha contra la invasión franca y la imposición del cristianismo mientras intenta defender a su pueblo y sus creencias.
Hay algo que me gusta del cine histórico cuando está bien hecho: te mete de lleno en un mundo que no conocías y cuando salís, sentís que aprendiste algo. Yo no conocía la leyenda de Redbad, y eso ya es un punto a favor. Porque esto no es una película más sobre bárbaros que no quieren ser cristianizados. Los frisones existieron de verdad, Redbad existió de verdad, y fue el último rey independiente de su pueblo antes de que…
out of all the movies, this is one of them
Watched this because I just visited the castle that stands in for Reims, so I thought it would be fun to watch this. It wasn’t fun. At all.
The movie is a mess. There are so many slow close-ups with dramatic music when nothing is happening. The Dutch is so bad and feels out of place. I don’t know why half these characters are even in this if they don’t get anything to do (why is Birgit Schuurman in this? Why is Bonifatius in this). I respect the bold choice of making christianity sound pure evil, even when compared to a religion that does human sacrifices. But really, what the hell was Jack Wouterse doing here?
Renee Soutendijk does her best, but you can’t carry a 2,5 hour movie on your back with three scenes.
Directed by Roel Reine this film also known as “The Rise of the Vikings” stars Gijs Naber, Jonathan Banks and Loes Haverkort. Poor innocent Frisians have their human sacrifice ceremony interrupted by evil Christians.
Overly melodramatic and filled with historical inaccuracies there are a lot of problems with this film. Stretching out far too long and with a number of silly action sequences this is more spectacle than story. Maybe impressive for the budget it was made on but that is about all I would say in favour of this film.
"Maar het is niet zozeer het onevenwichtige acteerwerk waar ‘Redbad’ onder gebukt gaat, maar het bombast en de overdaad waarmee Reiné zijn film heeft doorspekt. Alle aspecten zijn te zwaar; het bomvolle scenario, de stevig aangezette veldslagen, de hevig aanzwellende en constant aanwezige muziek, de dialogen die het effect van de beelden teniet doen. Nuance en subtiliteit is ver te zoeken en dat is jammer, want we hadden het lef van Reiné om zo’n groots spektakel bij de horens te vatten graag willen belonen met een hoop sterren. Het is Naber met zijn evenwichtige performance die de film nog enigszins overeind houdt. Hij en de gelikte gevechtscènes en dito sets, decors en kostuums trekken ‘Redbad’ na 160 lange minuten dan toch over de streep."
This is a total waste—of money, time, and patience. With a slogging runtime of almost three hours, the film fails spectacularly at telling the story of Radbod/Redbad, the legendary Frisian chief. The only reason I sat through it is because I’m Frisian myself. That didn’t help. It was unnecessary.
Nothing in this film feels remotely plausible. Not the historical context, not the visuals. And let’s start there: boiled leather armor, untreated wounds, warriors charging helmetless into battle? That’s not historical authenticity—it’s cosplay with a mud fetish. Sure, Friesland gets its fair share of rain, but in this film, it pours constantly. Every frame is soaked in gloom: rain, black leather, dreadlocks, dirty fingernails, and blood.
It’s clearly trying to ride…
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Gli occhii del cuoore
Booooriss!
De Nederlandse Braveheart? De Friese Gladiator? Ja, van den Aldi. Knap gemaakt maar lang en saai.
