‘The Northman’ & History: Vikings Shaped Medieval Europe & Modern Western World

The world clearly doesn’t have enough Viking movies, so here is The Northman to fill the gap.

Critics have called the revenge epic based on the legend of the Viking prince Amleth “two-plus hours of arthouse savagery” (NPR), “a bloody, mournful, violent tale of vengeance” (the Austin Chronicle), “136 minutes of musclebound, shaggy-maned mayhem” (the New York Times), and “an ineffably somber meditation on our species’ seemingly inexhaustible reservoir of savagery” (the Wall Street Journal).

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

The world clearly doesn’t have enough Viking movies, so here is The Northman to fill the gap.

Critics have called the revenge epic based on the legend of the Viking prince Amleth “two-plus hours of arthouse savagery” (NPR), “a bloody, mournful, violent tale of vengeance” (the Austin Chronicle), “136 minutes of musclebound, shaggy-maned mayhem” (the New York Times), and “an ineffably somber meditation on our species’ seemingly inexhaustible reservoir of savagery” (the Wall Street Journal).