Valhalla Rising

The film is visually amazing, very heavy, violent and meditative at the same time, with perfectly balanced dim-coloured sets, haunting score and well-justified Nordic pacing. Not a viking action film at all. The dialogues are scarce but meaningful, and fuel the atmosphere of eeriness and transcendence. Mads Mikkelsen made it brilliantly - mute, one-eyed, he managed to do a heartbreaking and memorable performance.