Vikings - Season 2 (2014) (season)
Directed by:
Ken GirottiScreenplay:
Michael HirstCinematography:
P.J. DillonComposer:
Trevor MorrisCast:
Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Clive Standen, Jessalyn Gilsig, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alexander Ludwig, Alyssa Sutherland, Donal Logue, Linus Roache, Ivan Kaye, Gaia Weiss, Jefferson Hall, Edvin Endre (more)VOD (1)
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Ragnar's Viking warriors march on to King Ecbert's villa and are met with a surprisingly vicious welcome party along the way. After a bloody battle both sides must come to new terms. (History Channel)
Reviews (2)
An impressive battle of kings where the creators try to make it look similarly lavish to the Battle of the Bastards, but fall far short. Still, solid production design and sets for a series, plus authentic actors. Perhaps even better than the battle is the interesting side character of Porunn. Her fundamental level of transformation from slave to normal person is presented in a surprisingly interesting way.
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This had the makings of a five-star episode. We got great action, King Ecbert's masterful scheming, the ever-ambitious Kwenthrith, and finally, no more watching Athelstan struggle with his illuminated manuscripts and hallucinations. But then came the glaring misstep. It seems they had leftover props from a Thirty Years' War film and decided to slap those helmets on the extras for the battle scene, thinking it would go unnoticed. It didn’t.
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