![]() ![]() How he comes by his skills with a Norse sword is a mystery - must be in the DNA - but he is able to pick off the Vikings as they conveniently come at him one by one, then lays traps for larger numbers.Įventually, though, he is captured along with Pathfinder and Starfire. When his village is wiped out while he is away hunting, the white Indian falls in with another tribe, where he comes under the influence of a shaman named Pathfinder (Russell Means) and the arresting gaze of the man’s daughter Starfire (Moon Bloodgood). He gets to confront his demons when Norsemen return to the New World for more barbarous raids seeking land and slaves. New Zealand-born Karl Urban, who has played athletic men of action in two of “The Lord of the Rings” films, “The Bourne Supremacy” and “The Chronicles of Riddick,” is the haunted youth brought up in two different worlds, Viking and Indian, without feeling a part of either. Fox’s wide but underpromoted release doesn’t appear designed to seek out audiences beyond the obvious, which in this case may be wise. This film from Marcus Nispel, a veteran video director and remaker of the cult classic “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” nicely balances action and adventure with American Indian wisdom and a modest romance to provide a graphic-comic-book movie experience for males in urban markets. ![]()
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