Blood of Beasts (2005)

Director: David Lister
Writer: Paul Anthony

Timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast set in the period of the Vikings. Freya, a warrior and the beautiful daughter of a Viking king, is held prisoner on an island castle by a Beast whom has been cursed by his god Odin.

The story is basically Beauty and the Beast.  The cover makes it look like Lord of the Rings.  The trailer makes it look pretty cool.  Unfortunately, none of these are correct.  This movie is pretty bad.

I'll give one thing, Jane March still looks great.  She's not a fantastic actress, but I think she's pretty good.  This movie also stars Justin Whalin whom most of you will remember for the unfortunate Dungeons & Dragons movie in 2000.  We also have William Gregory Lee who normally is a pretty good actor, but just seems terrible in this.

So for my quick little review.  The acting here is pretty bad overall, the action is terrible, the story is boring, the effects are ridiculous, and I frankly didn't care.

Not even Ms. March could have saved this for me, although a little skin could have gone a long way to that.

Verdict: Avoid

The Cast

William Gregory Lee ... Sven

Justin Whalin ... Eric

Jane March ... Freya

Candice Hillebrand ... Ingrid

Greg Melvill-Smith ... Thorsson

David Dukas ... Beast/Agnar

Marcel Van Heerden ... Kogla

Russel Savadier ... Olaf