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Tell Others About This Page By Using This Button "BEOWULF" (2007) (voices of Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins) (PG-13) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Heavy Extreme Extreme *Heavy Extreme Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Moderate Mild Heavy None Moderate Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Extreme None Heavy Moderate Extreme QUICK TAKE: Adventure/Drama: A boastful, early 6th century hero warrior must battle various monsters to save his and other people. PLOT: It's the year 507 and Danish King Hrothgar (voice of ANTHONY HOPKINS) is celebrating, as usual, in his grand mead hall with his younger wife, Queen Wealthrow (voice of ROBIN WRIGHT PENN) and right-hand man, Unferth (voice of JOHN MALKOVICH). Despite living in a dreary time and remote outpost, things are otherwise good for the King and his people. That is, until a huge and grotesque monster, Grendel (voice of CRISPIN GLOVER), shows up, angry about the nearby noise and merriment, and lays waste to the place and most of the people inside it, but spares the King's life before disappearing back to his lair and the loving care of his water serpent mother (voice of ANGELINA JOLIE). Upon hearing the news of Hrothgar's problem, boastful and highly efficient warrior hero Beowulf (voice of RAY WINSTONE) shows up, accompanied by Wiglaf (voice of BRENDAN GLEESON) and his other soldiers, to save the day. Not surprisingly, Grendel's mother is not pleased with what's happened to her son, and thus kills all of Beowulf's men, save for Wiglaf, in the middle of the night. Accordingly, the hero then sets out to kill her, but is seduced by her alluring beauty and the promises of other riches. When he returns to the outpost, he boasts of killing the beast, and thus a grateful Hrothgar anoints Beowulf as the heir to the throne. Many years later and much older, Beowulf is indeed the king, and has a young lover in the form of Ursula (voice of ALISON LOHMAN) despite Wealthrow still being around. When a mighty dragon is then roused from Grendel's old lair, Beowulf sets out to defeat it and save his people once again. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? It's a good bet many older preteen and teenage boys will be interested. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For intense sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sexual material and nudity. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: BEOWULF (voiced by RAY WINSTONE) is the highly efficient but boastful warrior hero who arrives to battle the monsters bedeviling Hrothgar and his people. He battles Grendel in the nude, drinks some, and is seduced by Grendel's mother. He also has an affair with Ursula. HROTHGAR (voiced by ANTHONY HOPKINS) is the king who drinks heavily and is happy when Beowulf arrives to take care of Grendel, a monster who turns out to be the king's bastard son via an affair with the monster's mother. UNFERTH (voiced by JOHN MALKOVICH) is his right-hand man who initially doesn't think highly of Beowulf (but comes around) and has a habit of striking his slave, both as a boy and adult. WEALTHROW (voiced by ROBIN WRIGHT PENN) is the queen who must contend with two husbands having affairs with Grendel's mother. WIGLAF (voiced by BRENDAN GLEESON) is Beowulf's right-hand man, a more cautious and practical, but still brave warrior. GRENDEL (voiced by CRISPIN GLOVER) is the grotesquely disfigured monster who attacks and kills many people in the mead hall. URSULA (voiced by ALISON LOHMAN) is the young woman who's having an affair with King Beowulf. GRENDEL'S MOTHER (voiced by ANGELINA JOLIE) is the sea creature who seduces various men (Hrothgar in the past, Beowulf in the present) by her beauty and full nudity, all to bear children by them. She also kills many people. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: Here's a brief summary of the content found in this dramatic adventure pic that's been rated PG-13. Profanity consists of several slang terms for sex as well as lesser expletives, while colorful phrases and other sexually related dialogue, innuendo, and sung lyrics are present. A female character (human looking save for a long ponytail that's prehensile in form) is seen completely nude in several scenes (barely and only partially covered in some thin layer of mud or something similar that just covers her nipples and genitalia, but her shapely body - glistening in that wetness - is otherwise seen in full, from various angles and in close-up). We're guessing the MPAA didn't warrant this as R-rated material due to being computer-animated, but it's photorealistic enough to look like the real thing. Additionally, she seduces the protagonist (sex occurs off-screen, and other sex is suggested) who is otherwise fully nude on various occasions (including during a fighting scene), with various foreground objects just covering a view of his penis (done just as occurred in the "Austin Powers" movies). His and other male bare butts, however, are seen in full, as is another woman's, while abundant cleavage is also present. Violence includes men and monsters battling, with more of the former being killed than the latter (with bloody/gory results, including a body torn in two, and a head chomped off and then chewed). Humans also battle humans, while non-lethal violence is also present. Those scenes, various moments of peril, and the appearance of the monsters might be unsettling, suspenseful or downright scary for younger viewers. Some of the action and other behavior might be enticing for kids to imitate, while various bad attitudes are present. Various characters drink (some a lot), while tense family material (cheating husbands, some deaths) is also present. If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, there are some full strobe effects during a several minute attack scene, while there are flashes of lightning as Beowulf travels by ship. For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, camera movement is present. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Various people drink mead, including Hrothgar who guzzles his down. He later seems to pass out from that. Beowulf says that not only is he there to kill a monster, but also to taste Hrothgar's mead. Hrothgar then has the previously shuttered mead hall opened again for him. Referring to Unferth, Beowulf says he finds it difficult to argue with a drunk. We see more drinking of mead. Beowulf tells others they should drink to the memory of their fallen comrades. Beowulf and others drink mead. Miscellaneous people drink. BLOOD/GORE We see the backs of two men as they urinate, but we only hear the urination and don't see it. We see a close-up view of what looks like blood coming out of Grendel's head. When a man falls and is impaled on the pointy part of a chandelier, we see a little bit of blood, while another who is torn completely in half is far bloodier (with gory results, including the views of some entrails). Grendel appears as a deformed, partially decomposed, gooey, and generally gross looking monster and thus may be scary looking to younger viewers. We see Grendel carrying a dead man's body, and there are others including skeletons in his layer. Following Grendel's attack, we see a dead body thrown onto a cart that is carrying other dead bodies. We see a squirrel or similar animal on a skewer. Beowulf repeatedly stabs one sea monster in its lone eye, slices another lengthwise down its snakelike body, and bursts out of the eyeball of another after it swallows him (with bloody/gory results in all instances). Grendel attacks the men again, grabbing, knocking, and throwing others about, including one man having a spear fly up into the air and then land down into him. One man then runs up and slams his sword into Grendel's enormous head (prompting some goo to flow out from the wound). Grendel then grabs that man and bites off his head (we don't see the actual bite, but we hear it, as well as the crunching sound of Grendel chewing it up). Beowulf then repeatedly slams a door onto the now shrunken Grendel's arm, eventually severing it, and we see lots of blood on the floor around it. Beowulf wakes up to find most of his men hanging dead from a tall ceiling, and we hear what sounds like blood dripping from some of them (the result of Grendel's mother killing them in the middle of the night). As Grendel's mother tries to seduce Beowulf, we see her long ponytail carrying her dead son's severed head. Later, Grendel throws that to the floor when he returns to see Hrothgar. We see many arrows fired from Beowulf's army into others, including one that goes through a man's head. A man is hit in the back with an ax, and falls into a body of water, where his blood mixes with that. A prisoner has a little bit of blood on his face. We see a man with bad burn marks on half his face. During a battle with a dragon, Beowulf cuts down through its wing, and pokes a large hole in its neck through which he attempts to grab its small heart, which we see in detail. We also see Beowulf's burned hand from contact with the dragon's flames. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE The monsters kill many humans. Grendel's mother seduces various men, including Hrothgar who cheats on his wife the Queen with her. Unferth repeatedly hits his young slave with a stick for spilling some mead (this occurs at others times as well). When someone mentions that perhaps they need the help of Christ, Hrothgar says no, they need a hero (some viewers might not like that comment). Beowulf makes a comment that we later learn is not true, about Unferth killing his brothers upon learning about their knowledge of their mother (presumably meant sexually). Beowulf embellishes many of his stories, and lies about killing Grendel's mother when he instead only bedded her. Beowulf comments on the Christ God killing all heroes, leaving just martyrs (some viewers might not like that comment). Beowulf cheats on his wife the Queen with Ursula. FRIGHTENING SCENES Scenes listed under "Violence," "Blood/Gore" and "Jump Scenes" may be unsettling, suspenseful or scary to younger viewers and/or those with low tolerance levels for such material. In addition and where applicable, the 3-D effects might intensify some of the scarier scenes for younger viewers. Several men are knocked back across the mead hall by an initially unseen force. We then see that it is Grendel, a fairly large monster that then proceeds to attack more men. That includes stomping a table down onto one man, striking another, grabbing and squashing a woman, and throwing a person into the air who then lands on something sharp, thus impaling him. Others are knocked about or impaled, and Grendel tears one person in half (initially seen as a shadow, but we then see the two halves of the person, including bloody entrails and such). An ax is thrown into Grendel, and the monster, while standing directly above Wealthrow, slowly approaches Hrothgar in a menacing fashion, but does not harm him. Grendel is then sucked back to some sort of cloud and magical fire and disappears. All of the above attack is very brutal in nature. Grendel appears as a deformed, partially decomposed, gooey, and generally gross looking monster and thus may be scary looking to younger viewers. A spear is pointed directly at Beowulf's throat. We see a flashback to Beowulf in a swimming contest with another man when several huge sea monsters attack. Beowulf repeatedly stabs one in its lone eye, slices another lengthwise down its snakelike body, and bursts out of the eyeball of another after it swallows him (the sea monsters' appearance might be scary to younger kids). As Beowulf holds on, one sea monster dives below the surface and takes him down quite deep. Grendel attacks the men again, grabbing, knocking, and throwing others about, including one man having a spear fly up into the air and then land down into him. One man then runs up and slams his sword into Grendel's enormous head (prompting some goo to flow out from the wound). Grendel then grabs that man and bites off his head (we don't see the actual bite, but we hear it, as well as the crunching sound of Grendel chewing it up). Grendel kills more men, while one man repeatedly stabs him up into the crotch area. Grendel also falls back into a fire and reacts in pain, while Beowulf attacks the monster. Grendel manages to kick Beowulf backwards, but that doesn't deter Beowulf who jumps on his back and repeatedly punches Grendel in the head. As he does so, that causes Grendel to shrink in size until he is approximately the same height as Beowulf. The hero then wraps a chain around Grendel, preventing him from leaving. Beowulf then repeatedly slams a door on Grendel's arm, eventually severing it, and we see lots of blood on the floor around it. We see several wrapped bodies on a funeral pyre. We see Beowulf shirtless and asleep on the floor, when Wealthrow suddenly floats above him. This turns out to be a nightmare, however, as she suddenly turns into a demon with sharp teeth. Beowulf wakes up to find most of his men hanging dead from a tall ceiling, and we hear what sounds like blood dripping from some of them (the result of Grendel's mother killing them in the middle of the night). We see many skeletons and skulls in Grendel's mother's lair. Beowulf slowly makes his way through the progressively deeper water there, looking for Grendel's mother who has killed most of his men. His torch goes out, and we see the image of Grendel's mother nearby. A man jumps to his death to the shore far below a castle (we don't see the impact, but do see his body down by the waves, and his wife sees this happen). Some of Beowulf's men manhandle and strike a prisoner, with one holding a blade to the man's throat, prepared to slit it. Beowulf then allows that man to be let go so that he can battle Beowulf, but that man is not prepared for Beowulf aggressively confronting him in a verbal and menacing fashion. Thus, and despite the man holding a battle ax over his head, nothing happens. Beowulf has a nightmare where he sees a reflection in the water that then turns monstrous in appearance. A huge dragon nearly hits Beowulf with its fiery breath, torching most everything around him. Beowulf then throws an ax into the dragon and catches a ride on it as it takes off, knocking down Beowulf's horse with its tail that then results in another horse and rider wiping out. Beowulf must then avoid hitting various trees while hanging onto a rope attached to that ax, and must avoid many arrows fired at the dragon, knocking some of them away with his sword. The dragon torches many people on the other side of a chasm and on a nearby bridge, while Beowulf cuts himself free from the dragon and falls, but then barely hangs on to the side of the nearby cliff. Meanwhile, the dragon smashes down on various people, wounding or killing them. That's followed by Beowulf jumping on its back and impaling a sword into it, onto which Beowulf holds as the dragon flies and tries to knock him off, including smashing into the side of a cliff, and then diving deep under the water, with Beowulf having to hold his breath for a long time. Once back up into the air, the dragon repeatedly tries to kill Ursula and Wealthrow, both with its fiery breath and by smashing its huge mouth down onto the stone bridge where they are standing. Still on the dragon's back, Beowulf tries to redirect that fire as well as kill the beast. There are various close calls during this sequence, including Beowulf falling and nearly being impaled on the top of a flagpole after cutting through the dragon's wing, causing it to lose altitude. He then drives his sword through the dragon's neck and repeatedly tries to reach in and grab the dragon's small heart (all as the dragon continues its assault on Wealthrow and Ursula). Realizing the heart is just out of his reach, Beowulf puts his sword inside his mesh armor and apparently slices off his own arm (with the mesh armor still attached to the dragon). After burning his hand on the flames that come out through the hole, he then manages to reach the dragon's heart and rip it out, killing the beast and sending both it and him crashing down onto the shore. During this, Ursula briefly dangles from the bridge, followed by Wealthrow dangling from Ursula's hand. Ursula then purposely let's go, but Brendan grabs and saves Wealthrow from falling to her death. Brendan takes a risk as he races across a burning and collapsing bridge on horseback. A dead king is sent off on a funeral pyre ship that is then set ablaze and eventually sinks. GUNS/WEAPONS Swords/Axes/Spears/Arrows: Carried and/or used to battle, injure, or kill others. See "Violence" for details. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "Where the hell are you?" "Bastard," "You ungrateful lout, "Idiot," "Fight me, damn you, "I'm Beowulf, here to kill your monster," ""So damned grateful," "Hag" and "Get on with our bloody lives." All of the fighting, stunts, and other action might be enticing for some kids to imitate. Several people loudly belch after drinking. Hrothgar drunkenly grabs Wealthrow, and tries to kiss on her, but she spits on him. A man jumps to his death to the shore far below a castle (we don't see the impact, but do see his body down by the waves, and his wife sees this happen). JUMP SCENES A large bird of prey suddenly grabs a rat with its talons. Grendel suddenly jumps up in the foreground of a scene. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) A heavy amount of heavily dramatic and suspenseful/ominous music occurs in the film. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) Beowulf has his men sing, and thus they do a bawdy ditty about virgins and whores, including about "taking some for swiving" ("and all we got were wanked"), giving a woman all of a codpiece and her still wanting more, lines about a prostitute showing the singer more than one way to sow his oats, and about another being so hot it took an iceberg to cool her... (but the last word, presumably for her genitals, is interrupted before being said in unison). PROFANITY At least 4 slang terms for sex ("swiving" and "laid"), 6 damns, 1 damn, 1 hell and what sounded like 1 use of bollocks. SEX/NUDITY Wealthrow peers through a door where we see a man and woman cavorting, with a partial view of the woman's bare butt. Hrothgar drunkenly grabs Wealthrow, and tries to kiss on her, but she spits on him. Hrothgar wears something resembling a toga and as he drunkenly moves around in it, we see a glimpse of the side of and then a full rear view of his bare butt. Hrothgar drunkenly talks about a celebration of fornication, and something about the violation of virgins. Beowulf says that not only is he there to kill a monster, but also to taste Hrothgar's mead. That prompts Wealthrow to state that many have come to taste Hrothgar's mead (but the way it is said, makes it sound like she is saying "meat," thus giving the line something of a double entendre feel). One of Beowulf's men stares at a woman's abundant cleavage. As she works, she purposely makes rhythmic sexual sounds to entice him. When someone mentions that it's been five days for him, the man states that it is no wonder that his loins are burning. We see a flashback to Beowulf in a swimming contest with another man (both are just in the period equivalent of swim trunks). While submerged with a sea monster, Beowulf encounters a mermaid, and we see the shape of her bare breasts, but not all of the details. Beowulf makes a comment that we later learn is not true, about Unferth killing his brothers upon learning about their knowledge of their mother (presumably meant sexually). We see the same soldier and cleavage-revealing woman from above, with him holding her in a close embrace. He drops various lines of sexual innuendo, such as him having the necessary equipment to transport her to ecstasy, and that no other man can satisfy her like him. When Grendel is mentioned, the woman says you don't hear it when he comes, prompting the soldier to drop another line of innuendo, saying that she will hear him (meant sexually in terms of an orgasm). She doesn't want this to continue, but he asks about just a gobble, prompting her to slap him. Later, when that man returns to his comrades, others ask about what happened, what the man saying she wasn't his type. That prompts another man to respond jokingly that he knows the first man's type, and thus makes some sheep sounds. Hrothgar tells Wealthrow that they should "pound the pillows," but Wealthrow says no. Believing he must battle Grendel in the nude, Beowulf strips down in front of Wealthrow, with her then looking in astonishment at his crotch area that we do not see. As he walks away, however, you see a full nude rear view of him. She leaves, and he lies down fully nude, with the view of his bare crotch barely blocked by someone's arm in the foreground of our camera view. Brendan reminds Beowulf that abstinence prior to battle is essential (referring to Beowulf and his other men). Beowulf then has his men sing, and thus they do a bawdy ditty about virgins and whores, including about "taking some for swiving" ("and all we got were wanked"), giving a woman all of a codpiece and her still wanting more, lines about a prostitute showing the singer more than one way to sow his oats, and about another being so hot it took an iceberg to cool her... (but the last word, presumably for her genitals, is interrupted before being said in unison). Beowulf battles Grendel in the nude, and there are various views of Beowulf's bare butt. Other shots have foreground objects blocking views of his crotch, while others pass by so quickly that it's possible his genitals are seen, but only for a split second (and maybe only in slow motion if the movie is viewed that way once on home video). Hrothgar tells Wealthrow to come to bed, saying that he needs an heir, and that she should do her duty. She asks, however, how she can lay with him after he laid with her (referring to Grendel's mother). About Beowulf having killed Grendel, one woman suggestively wonders if all of his strength is in his arms or his legs, adding "all three of them" (prompting her and other women to giggle). Wealthrow then tells one of those women that she can probably find out that night. One of those women shows a great deal of cleavage. We see an overhead view of a couple under a sheet on the floor, sleeping, and we see some of the woman's cleavage and her bare back. We see Beowulf shirtless and asleep on the floor, when Wealthrow suddenly floats above him, saying that she loves and wants him. She then tells him to give her a child, to enter her, and leave her a sire. This turns out to be a nightmare, however, as she suddenly turns into a demon with sharp teeth. We see Grendel in the period equivalent of swim trunks when he encounters Grendel's mother (fashioned in the film after real-life actress Angelina Jolie), who is fully nude, with a strategically placed thin layer of mud or something similar slowly running off her breasts and crotch area. Nevertheless, she appears fully nude from both the front and rear (while wearing the equivalent of high heels), and the moisture on her body makes it glisten and show off her curves and abundant bosom quite distinctly. During this scene, the camera pans down the front of her body in close-up and we see pretty much everything except for the fine details (no full nipples, no pubic hair, although it's suggested there is none of the latter). She slowly walks around Beowulf in this fully nude state, trying to seduce him. She then tells him to give her a son, and to love her, all while suggestively stroking his sword that then dissolves away into nothingness. They then passionately kiss while standing (she fully nude, he in just those small shorts), and sex is implied. When Beowulf returns to see Hrothgar, he lies that he killed Grendel's mother. Hrothgar knows that he is lying, and thus tells the others that Beowulf killed Grendel, and "laid" his mother in her grave. Beowulf comments on thinking that being king meant many things, including "swiving" beautiful women every evening. Ursula then uses that same term, and he admits that it does happen on some nights. She wants that to happen this night with him, but he says no, that he's feeling his age (he's much older than she is). Due to her similar appearance, we initially think she is Wealthrow, but then see that she isn't (and that Wealthrow is much older, like Beowulf). We see Ursula get out of bed from Beowulf (and put on more clothing, but no nudity is present), and previous sex is implied. When she leaves that room, she runs into Wealthrow, who is knowledgeable and maybe even accepting of the affair. Beowulf returns to Grendel's mother's cave and encounters her, fully nude once again (many years after their first encounter, although she looks the same). Grendel's mother floats up above a dead king on his funeral pyre ship, and we see her mostly bare breasts (only the nipples aren't seen). She then goes down in the water with it, and then comes back up looking alluringly toward Brendan and we see just the tops of her bare breastsin the water. SMOKING None. TENSE FAMILY SCENES Hrothgar drunkenly grabs Wealthrow, and tries to kiss on her, but she spits on him. When Hrothgar asks how his father is, Beowulf matter-of-factly says he is dead. Grendel's mother grieves over her son's death. We learn that Hrothgar is Grendel's father (and thus the king knows of his boy's death). A man jumps to his death to the shore far below a castle (we don't see the impact, but do see his body down by the waves, and his wife sees this happen). We see Ursula get out of bed from Beowulf (and put on more clothing, but no nudity is present), and previous sex is implied. When she leaves that room, she runs into Wealthrow, who is knowledgeable and maybe even accepting of the affair. A dragon that he has just killed melts down into human form where Beowulf briefly sees him as his bastard son that he has just killed. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT Beowulf's need to enhance his stories when he is already viewed as being heroic. Heroes. The original epic poem on which the film is based. Wealthrow stating that the demon (Grendel) is her husband's shame. Beowulf's comment that they are now the monsters, instead of the real thing. The technical process of motion capture where performers' actions are captured and then recreated by computers. Beowulf's comment that a man can't kill him, as he already died (figuratively) back when he was young. Affairs. The notion of the sins of fathers. VIOLENCE A large bird of prey suddenly grabs a rat with its talons. Unferth repeatedly hits his young slave with a stick for spilling some mead. Several men are knocked back across the mead hall by an initially unseen force. We then see that it is Grendel, a fairly large monster that then proceeds to attack more men. That includes stomping a table down onto one man, striking another, grabbing and squashing a woman, and throwing a person into the air who then lands on something sharp, thus impaling him. Others are knocked about or impaled, and Grendel tears one person in half (initially seen as a shadow, but we then see the two halves of the person, including bloody entrails and such). An ax is thrown into Grendel, and all of the above attack is very brutal in nature. Some men shove each other. We see a flashback to Beowulf in a swimming contest with another man when several huge sea monsters attack. Beowulf repeatedly stabs one in its lone eye, slices another lengthwise down its snakelike body, and bursts out of the eyeball of another after it swallows him (with bloody/gory results in all instances). Unferth tries to hit Beowulf several times but his blows are blocked, and Beowulf throws him aside. A woman slaps a man who's coming on to her. Grendel attacks the men again, grabbing, knocking, and throwing others about, including one man having a spear fly up into the air and then land down into him. One man then runs up and slams his sword into Grendel's enormous head (prompting some goo to flow out from the wound). Grendel then grabs that man and bites off his head (we don't see the actual bite, but we hear it, as well as the crunching sound of Grendel chewing it up). Grendel kills more men, while one man repeatedly stabs him up into the crotch area. Grendel also falls back into a fire and reacts in pain, while Beowulf attacks the monster. Grendel manages to kick Beowulf backwards, but that doesn't deter Beowulf who jumps on his back and repeatedly punches Grendel in the head. As he does so, that causes Grendel to shrink in size until he is approximately the same height as Beowulf. The hero then wraps a chain around Grendel, preventing him from leaving. Beowulf then repeatedly slams a door on Grendel's arm, eventually severing it, and we see lots of blood on the floor around it. Beowulf wakes up to find most of his men hanging dead from a tall ceiling, and we hear what sounds like blood dripping from some of them (the result of Grendel's mother killing them in the middle of the night). Unferth kicks his slave boy. A man jumps to his death to the shore far below a castle (we don't see the impact, but do see his body down by the waves, and his wife sees this happen). We see many arrows fired from Beowulf's army into others, including one that goes through a man's head. We also see all sorts of brutal hand-to-hand combat where people are struck or impaled with axes, swords, and the like. A man is hit in the back with an ax, and falls into a body of water, where his blood mixes with that. Some of Beowulf's men manhandle and strike a prisoner, with one holding a blade to the man's throat, prepared to slit it. Beowulf then allows that man to be let go so that he can battle Beowulf, but that man is not prepared for Beowulf aggressively confronting him in a verbal and menacing fashion. Thus, and despite the man holding a battle ax over his head, nothing happens. Unferth kicks his slave who is a now an adult. A dragon burns a church (symbolized by the burning cross falling from the collapsing structure) and it's implied that many people were killed in the village (we see one burned, but alive man). A huge dragon nearly hits Beowulf with its fiery breath, torching most everything around him. Beowulf then throws an ax into the dragon and catches a ride on it as it takes off, knocking down Beowulf's horse with its tail that then results in another horse and rider wiping out. Beowulf must then avoid hitting various trees while hanging onto a rope attached to that ax, and must avoid many arrows fired at the dragon, knocking some of them away with his sword. The dragon torches many people on the other side of a chasm and on a nearby bridge, while Beowulf cuts himself free from the dragon and falls, but then barely hangs on to the side of the nearby cliff. Meanwhile, the dragon smashes down on various people, wounding or killing them. That's followed by Beowulf jumping on its back and impaling a sword into it, onto which Beowulf holds as the dragon flies and tries to knock him off, including smashing into the side of a cliff, and then diving deep under the water, with Beowulf having to hold his breath for a long time. Once back up into the air, the dragon repeatedly tries to kill Ursula and Wealthrow, both with its fiery breath and by smashing its huge mouth down onto the stone bridge where they are standing. Still on the dragon's back, Beowulf tries to redirect that fire as well as kill the beast. There are various close calls during this sequence, including Beowulf falling and nearly being impaled on the top of a flagpole after cutting through the dragon's wing, causing it to lose altitude. He then drives his sword through the dragon's neck and repeatedly tries to reach in and grab the dragon's small heart (all as the dragon continues its assault on Wealthrow and Ursula). Realizing the heart is just out of his reach, Beowulf puts his sword inside his mesh armor and apparently slices off his own arm (with the mesh armor still attached to the dragon). After burning his hand on the flames that come out through the hole, he then manages to reach the dragon's heart and rip it out, killing the beast and sending both it and him crashing down onto the shore. During this, Ursula briefly dangles from the bridge, followed by Wealthrow dangling from Ursula's hand. Ursula then purposely let's go, but Brendan grabs and saves Wealthrow from falling to her death. Reviewed November 13, 2007 / Posted November 16, 2007

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