Beowulf

To bring in the new year we are happy to be presenting a version of the classic tale of Beowulf.

It is 507 A.D. King Hrothgar, played by Anthony Hopkins, and his people are being terrorized by the monster Grendel. Hrothgar puts out a call for a brave man to slay the monster. After some months, Beowulf, played by Ray Winstone, responds with his band of soldiers. Beowulf kills Grendel, but then, rather than killing Grendel's mother, played by Angelina Jolie, he has a tryst with her. A new curse is laid upon the land, a curse he must someday face.

Beowulf is directed by Robert Zemeckis, who also worked on Polar Express. He uses some of the performance capture techniques that he used in that film to create realistic animation scenes. The film is graphic, and not suitable for young children.