
Redbad
Seen it?2018 | 160 min | Adventure, History, War, Drama
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a panning from critics, a box office loss and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for adventure fans and history buffs. If you loved The Last of the Mohicans, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Epic and sweeping, at 2 hr 40 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 40 min.
- It's in Dutch, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
In the year of 754 AD, during a time of epic battles and bloodshed, the legend of the pagan warrior king, Rebad, is born, but so is a new weapon against his people: Christianity. Redbad must ultimately unite a Viking army powerful enough to defeat the seemingly invincible Franks.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
Panned by critics
- AudiencesSolid
6.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$483K worldwide on a $8 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 20K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Roel Reiné
- Gijs NaberRedbad
- Jonathan BanksPepijn
- Lisa SmitFenne
- Søren MallingWiglek
- Derek de LintEibert
- Egbert Jan WeeberBonifatius
- Huub StapelAldigisl
- Renée SoutendijkIdwina
- Loes HaverkortFrea
- Britte LagcherSinde