Escandinávia, 500 D.C.. O sentimento de ódio tem início quando o rei Hrothgar, junto com alguns guerreiros, mata o pai do jovem Grendel, que viu tudo. Mesmo assim Hrothgar decidiu poupar a criança, que através dos anos se torna um recluso guerreiro, que só pensa em vingar a morte do pai. Quando Grendel começa a matar, as pessoas mais próximas de Hrothgar vêem que a vida do rei está em perigo. Assim Hrothgar chama um bravo e destemido guerreiro, Beowulf, para matar Grendel.
Not a bad little piece, but sort of out of its time. If it wasn't for the cast (and what a cast) I would have assumed this movie was made at least a decade earlier than it actually was. The dialogue's mix of contemporary and faux medieval was also particularly odd, and the effects were... I don't want to say bad... But, again, seems like the sort of quality that might have come about in the early 90s more than mid 00s.
_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
