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(1986)

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"The Beast"
8katana823 November 2005
This is an amazingly bad film! Truly, deeply awful, for those of us not understanding Icelandic, the English dubbing is heinous. But combined with a hazy, blurry plot line, groan-inducing acting and editing to cause cries of "what goes on here?" the beast is an ugly animal.

We the audience were unsure of what was going on, the actors looked like they didn't know, and if there was a director on the set, he certainly wasn't showing any sign of directing! If you want a truly great movie from Iceland of similar vintage, but light-years better watching, try Djöflaeyjan {Devil's Island) http://imdb.com/title/tt0116116
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Dubbing could be more comprehensive.
toasterinthebath22 December 2010
Warning: Spoilers
For English speaking audiences watching the dubbed version, there's a sign halfway through the film which is crucial to the plot yet not translated from Icelandic. This sign reads: "ALLAR VEIÐAR BANNADAR LANDEIGENDUR", which means: "ALL HUNTING PROHIBITED - LANDOWNERS".

Thanks, Google Translate!

Other than that, I enjoyed the 1980s jumpers (translation for American audiences: "sweaters") in this film.

(IMDb states that reviews must be at least ten lines in order to be published, but I can't think of anything else of note to say about this film...)
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