Rites of Passage2013-03-03
The premiere establishes the world fast and brutally: Ragnar Lothbrok as farmer-warrior-dreamer, the Norse community's codes of honour and violence, and the central antagonist in Haraldson. The opening battle sequence and Bjorn's coming-of-age ritual make the tonal register immediately clear - this is spectacle with just enough character scaffolding underneath.
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