This is a pretty grim film, in all senses of the word "grim". It's very dark looking, extremely violent and bloody and, yes, not very good! It depicts the supposed conflicts between Viking invaders and native Americans on the East coast of North America around 800 or 900 AD. The hero is a Norseman left behind on an earlier raid and raised by the natives.
Whilst I did not like this film at all - I thought the story stretched beyond breaking point, the actors mostly wooden, the scenes of spirituality risible, the characters one-dimensional and so on - I could imagine it appealing to fans of extreme sword-wielding action. The battle scenes are fiercely violent and there is a lot of gore. All the film-making energy seems to have gone into these fight sequences. If that is enough to carry a film for you, then Pathfinder may be worth a watch...
...it was not enough for me. Violence and gore is all very well, but it's a rare film that can get by on this alone. And I felt that Pathfinder was definitely lacking.
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