I know it is labeled fantasy, but nevertheless, I would expect a certain degree of authenticity.

On the positive side - The county I live in (Trøndelag) and my city of birth (Trondheim) is mentioned. I noticed some of the archers were carrying their arrows in hand, that would be the way it was done, at least while fighting. The plot and dialogue is not terrible.

On the negative side - Just about everything else. Costumes, weaponry, props, SFX. As an example: The hero use a sword type that would come into play 3-4 century's after the era of the viking. Other weapons are just fantasy props.

To be honest, is this one of those movies you don't know whether it is supposed to be a parody or taken "seriously"

One reviewer told kids to grow up...I am 42 years old, and I enjoy a GOOD film in any genre. This was not one of them.

Elrick, a forgotten Viking king, is given a series of tasks to accomplish in order to defeat Thor, the God of Thunder. The odds are stacked against him.

I watched this with low expectations. I knew this wasn't going to be Citizen Kane but was just interested in some light action to while away the time. (The fact that Natassia Malthe is in this movie helped too!). Yet, despite my low expectations, I was still very disappointed: this film is off-the-charts bad.

Everything about this is badly done: plot, dialogue, acting. Dialogue is extremely cringeworthy. The average school play has better performances. Even the fight scenes, production values and special effects and craptacular. Colour goes from grey to bright to black-and-white for no apparent reason. How can you mess up the cinematography that badly?

Avoid like the plague.

Ok, it is a bit of a shocker, this film. It isn't that the acting is terrible, nor is the story - indeed it does have some imagination behind it - and I love these kind of fantasy stories. It is the SFX that truly let this down. Most of the snow effects (and there are plenty of them) make you think that you are inside a glass Christmas snowscape that has just been shaken; and the wizard has eyebrows to die for...! The dialogue is pretty diabolical and the fight scenes really do smell of badly established CGI. It has clearly been done on a small budget and if you treat it a such, you should make it through to the end; but keep your expectations low or you will suffer for it...