Blood feud

There is too much method and not enough madness in director Robert Eggers’ blood-splattered take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

- Andy Lea

THE NORTHMAN

Cert 15

In cinemas now

Here, the acclaimed director of The Witch and The Lighthouse turns to the Scandinavian legend that inspired the Bard’s greatest tragedy.

“I will avenge you, Father. I will save you, Mother. I will kill you, Fjölnir” is the oft-repeated mantra of hunky ninth-century Viking prince Amleth (Alexander Skarsgard).