The Northman review: Do I not entertain you?
5 min readMay 4, 2022
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk and Willem Dafoe
Run time: 137mins
The story: In 895AD, child Prince Amleth sees his father murdered by his uncle Fjölnir (Bang) and flees to save his own life, vowing vengeance. Years later, Amleth (Skarsgard) has a vision predicting his success in avenging his father by saving his mother (Kidman) and killing hs uncle. Amleth escapes his berserker tribe to hide as a slave under his uncle’s nose. There he meets a sorceress named Olga…