First of all, this movie has not much related to vikings, but rather a story about Kievan Rus and Vladimir who moved to the North in order not to fight his brother.. However, over the influence of his brother war fighters seeking revenge, he is forced to come back and kill his brother and try to lead the region.
It's a story about Vladimir, pagonist and barbaric Russia of that century, where no one could trust each other. Over time Vladimir finds the light and truth in Christianity, which was shown to him by Fiodor and Irina and finally acknowledges his mistakes. It was filmed in the typical style of Russians adding some human touch and soul into the film, over simple Hollywood "plastic" characters in the most action movies.
Main issue if this film, is that film producers, had too much material to put into short period of time. It would be better to split the film into 2 parts and let the viewer explore all the characters in more detail. In addition, fighting scenes required many more people as for me it seemed too few people fighting and needed thousands to make it more epic and realistic.
Overall, very good try to create a new interpretation of historical events.
It's a story about Vladimir, pagonist and barbaric Russia of that century, where no one could trust each other. Over time Vladimir finds the light and truth in Christianity, which was shown to him by Fiodor and Irina and finally acknowledges his mistakes. It was filmed in the typical style of Russians adding some human touch and soul into the film, over simple Hollywood "plastic" characters in the most action movies.
Main issue if this film, is that film producers, had too much material to put into short period of time. It would be better to split the film into 2 parts and let the viewer explore all the characters in more detail. In addition, fighting scenes required many more people as for me it seemed too few people fighting and needed thousands to make it more epic and realistic.
Overall, very good try to create a new interpretation of historical events.