Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
一年总会不小心看那么几部“主创的精神和创造力如此贫瘠一定很可怜吧”的片子
I guess this is what peak testosterone looks like...killing people and fucking women. The casting is exceptional, though it inevitably feeds into racism (as it probably was back in 600AD: the bastard is black-haired, everyone else blonde. Desirable women and bearers of kings can also look like Björk, no?
火山决斗喘气那段和我家猫吐毛球的声音一模一样
ATJ大妹子贡献了本片最亮眼的视效。剩下的，无论情节抑或是画面，别说看过其它书籍电影，但凡玩过AC Valhalla也不至于吹
看完后，观感尚可。对于这个题材本身就抱有极大兴趣。故事比较老套，关于复仇的故事。但是中世纪时那种原始的、野性的、暴力又血腥的氛围在这部影片中烘托得淋漓尽致。掺和了大量宗教和邪典传说，让主角王子的一切行为举止都变得不可思议。最后的火山口决斗颇有古罗马角斗士的战斗风采，欣赏肌肉碰撞之美。整个故事再精简一下会更好。
没看之前，以为会是仔细架构野蛮神秘的北欧童话，结果到头来又是大家跟在莎翁屁股后面玩了五百多年的王子复仇记那套，唯一算是自以为是的反转，就是想救之人就是万恶之源，在层层特效虚构的所谓神话之下，硬生生蹭女武神的热度，完全无视从头到尾见到到无聊的剧情，到头来能跟北欧人粘上关系的，貌似只有恶劣的生存环境造成的脆弱的人伦关系和利益链条了，真心没劲的故事……
勉强给个三分，希望将来能看到更出色的北欧海盗电影。
近中世纪的北欧王国斗争
简单来说就是一部充满悲剧色彩的北欧版王子复仇记。片中部分镜头跟《麦克白的悲剧》有相似的格调，即想刻意复刻一种来自莎翁剧作的戏剧感。要说导演前作《灯塔》里强对比的黑白光影视为加分项，本片夜伴时分的低饱和色调同样诱人迷恋，浅以为它准确赋予了复仇性格——不是激烈的红，也不是冷酷的蓝，而是阴郁的紫。不过要说到迷恋，怎么可能不痴想在绝美逶迤的自然风光下，水雾氤氲的温泉里跟安雅·泰勒-乔伊来一场巫山云雨呢。
7/10罗伯特艾格斯的视听大作+1
但奈何不若《女巫》般具有现代性，又不若《灯塔》般有力量感，只配了个中规中矩的俄狄浦斯。
光怪陆离的北欧中世纪，这导演每次都能把让人惊喜
神话 预言 命运
北欧王子复仇记 介于邪典和史诗电影之间 很大程度上保留了导演的个人化风格 神秘主义宗教民俗巫术等元素杂糅 视听效果不错但故事内核还是缺乏新意 E大和妮可演完夫妻竟然还能演母子
内容上继承了前两部关于"在超自然影响下人之间信任的破灭"主题，但在英灵殿与宿命论的来回暗示下，最终揭其背景，最可怖的回归了迂回的人心。
野蛮血腥 但总觉得差口气 类型片文艺片有点两边不靠 不尴不尬
拍的一定很辛苦 服装 场地 就是出来的东西 只能看合二为一的壁纸了
这部杂交电影不费吹灰之力做到了。
完全像是一部（十年前）国内拍出来的奇幻片………但是必须要说对中国传统文化的展现大概比百分之九十的国产奇幻片要好得多（包括了九尾狐 麒麟 龙的展现，以及催婚和重男轻女【）
是王子复仇更是自我救赎，约等于看了两个小时神神叨叨画面很美的北欧摄影大片集锦。
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