<p><img src="http://www.justpressplay.net/images/stories/newstream.jpg" alt="newstream" width="590" height="175" /></p> <p>Today's new additions to Netflix Instant Watch that are worth watching features works by great Asian directors Johnnie To and Kim Ki-duk. Oh, and there's a Viking movie, too.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">• • •</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><img class="Image-Right" src="http://cdn-8.nflximg.com/en_US/boxshots/gsd/70120168.jpg" alt="" width="150" />Valhalla Rising</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>After years of slavery, Viking warrior One-Eye (Mads Mikkelsen) escapes from his captors and seeks refuge on a Norse ship bound for his homeland. When a storm throws them off course, the crew lands at a mysterious realm inhabited by invisible demons. As the bloodthirsty creatures claim one sailor after another, One-Eye rediscovers his fighting spirit but begins to wonder if they have arrived in Jerusalem or someplace much more sinister.</p> </blockquote> <p>We don't get a lot of Viking movies, and when we do, too often it's played for schlock. This Danish film mixes a moody arthouse aesthetic with bursts of hyperviolence to an entertaining degree. Our own Rob Young wrote <a href="http://www.justpressplay.net/movie-reviews/40-reviews/6799-valhalla-rising.html" target="_self">this favorable review</a> for the theatrical release.</p> <p><a href="http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Valhalla-Rising/70120168" target="_blank">Watch!</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><img class="Image-Right" src="http://cdn-6.nflximg.com/en_US/boxshots/gsd/70118406.jpg" alt="" width="150" />Vengeance</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Today,...
- 12/1/2010
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
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