A Jornada dos Vikings

This film is awful the costumes are shabby and the script is even worst. The male lead doesn't even look old enough to shave and comes off a bit camp to me. It might have something to do with the dark makeup around his eyes.

Now i know this film didn't have the biggest budget but to make a film this poor is just wrong.

I got about 10 minuets in to it and started skipping ahead to see if it got better and it didn't so i turned it off.

I think if your going to make a film like this try not to cast everyone with that just stepped out of the spa look.

I have given this 1 out of 10 as i couldn't get in to it or even finish it.

In summary

The casting is poor. The script is poor. The acting is poor. The story is awful. This film is a waste of time and money and should have never been made.

Another cheapo film from the SyFy channel and another clunker.

A peasant boy named Erick is captured by the Vikings and raised by them. As an adult he fights with them as a warrior.

The Vikings find an ancient egg in a monastery and are attacked by a dragon. It seems Erick is part of an ancient prophecy destined to battle the dragons.

Ben Cross is the only notable actor that gives the film some respectability. There is nice location shooting in Bulgaria and some passable special effects of the dragon at the latter part of the film when there is some action.

The lead actor does look like Paul Gascoigne's thinner and more sober younger sibling but it is a dreadfully dreary film.

Really? Close up of a castle!!! No castles in Scandinavia which ever looked like that, and none existed in the year that this was meant to be set. Women with lipstick. Warriors helmets with side hinged 'metal' strips that blow in the wind because they are made of plastic. A king with a crown that came out of a Christmas cracker. One good actor who was obviously paid a lot of money but only if he could be killed off early in the film. Costumes that are so colourful and clean that they look like they were bought fresh from a fancy dress costume shop. Cockney accents thrown in for no reason. Terrible movie.

Atrocious. The dialogue and acting are laughable. The special effects and fight scenes amateurish and some of the worst haircuts since the 80s. The lead actor's resemblance to a young Paul Gascoigne didn't help and his attempts at moodiness came off like a sulky teenager. The accents were also quite bizarre. Some of the cast seemed to be either Scandinavian or East European whilst some of the henchmen sounded like cockneys. I would say avoid this at all costs but it does have a certain car crash attraction in that you almost can't believe it can get any worse. It does. The whole film is a couple of degrees off being a Pythonesque parody. No-one escapes from this film with any credit.

What can I say, this movie is a solid 4 star movie. Best intentions are evident. But from the beginning you can tell this is a low budget flick. Costumes are simple, and sets are as well. Each actor looks like they just came from having coffee at Starbucks...no need for any prep before shooting the next scene. That said the acting itself isn't half bad. The story is charming and fans of the time era will enjoy some things about it. But overall just a solid 4 stars at best.