Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Adam Peters (17%) Although not as awful as many have claimed, this is still really quite poor. The direction is very average to say the least, and is not up to Hammer's usual high standard from around this period, also the editing is really awful at times, and the script is pretty dire. On a plus note the costumes, particularly the Roman ones, are really well done, so at least someone was on the ball, and for a PG there is a surprising amount of bare naked (well almost) ladies on screen, but it is not enough to save the movie from its very poor action sequences, dull pacing and lack of decent performances. One for Hammer die-hards only, everyone else should stay well away.

Uriah43 So let me see if I can get this straight: The Romans have invaded the British Isles and in the process they try to make peace with Viking Druids who worship… Zeus? But they look and act more like Celtics than Vikings. To make matters even more interesting, the Roman governor, "Justinian" (Don Murray) and the attractive Viking Queen, "Salina" (Carita) fall in love and want to get married. But the Druid priest, "Maelgan" (Donald Houston) forbids it and then conspires to start a revolt for which he expects to win because the Celtics (or whatever they are) have chariots which are ideal for heavily wooded areas and the Romans have apparently never fought against an army that has them. Uh…okay. But having said all of that, I must confess that this film was a somewhat entertaining movie to a certain degree. And although some of the combat scenes were a bit…uh…imaginative and the acting left something to be desired, the film had some sexy women in skimpy attire which surely counts for something. Even so, in order for a person to enjoy it, he or she needs to abandon any sense of reality and just go with it. Personally, I wasn't quite able to do it entirely, but that's just me. Slightly below average.

Jonathon Dabell Director Don Chaffey had enjoyed such a box office success with One Million Years B.C that the folks at Hammer entrusted him with this intentionally campy adventure flick set in Roman Britain. Once again, Chaffey is called upon to provide semi-naked and very beautiful women, bloodthirsty battles, woefully inaccurate history and sensationalised plotting, all in the name of entertainment. Alas, the trick doesn't work twice and The Viking Queen emerges a curious historical folly, more memorable for the wrong reasons (stupid dialogue, continuity errors, over-the-top acting, etc.) than the right ones.In Celtic times, a dying king of the Britons makes a final wish that his daughter Salina (Carita) should take control of the Iceni tribe after he has passed away. His request is for Salina to forge an alliance with the honourable and honest Roman, Justinian (Don Murray). As requested, Salina tries to uphold her father's dying wish…. indeed, she even finds herself falling in love with the Roman. However, the druids - who believe it is their right to advise and guide Salina in her decisions – are not pleased by this growing bond between Iceni and Roman forces, and forbid them to consummate their relationship via marriage. Similarly, some of the more aggressive and attack-minded Romans are just as troubled by Justinian's actions, so they too try to set up obstacles in the path of his plans of love. Octavian (Andrew Keir) in particular is hell-bent on preventing a meaningful comradeship between the two tribes, and he does everything he can to stir trouble. While Justinian is away fighting a battle in Anglesey, the Romans take advantage of his absence to abuse and mistreat the Iceni people. Ultimately things come to a head and much blood is shed as Salina is forced to put the pride and passion of her people before everything else. She leads her tribe into a fatal battle against the Romans, sacrificing her chance of love in order to protect their way of life…..The fact that Salina is actually a Celtic queen, living in an era some 700 years before the Vikings had any meaningful link with British history, is a sore point that has been discussed by other reviewers already. Not that script-writer Clarke Reynolds seems particularly bothered by it, evading the issue by adding a half-line to explain that her mother was a Viking and therefore she is, technically, of Viking ancestry. The attractive photography (by Stephen Dade) on Irish locations is one of the film's few pleasures. Bad movie as it is, it still looks colourful and eye-catching throughout. The over-the-top acting is also enjoyable in a cruel and twisted way (I guess it's that idea of revelling in the misfortune of others – taking pleasure in watching good actors in terrible trouble and all that). Donald Houston is perhaps the guiltiest of all, giving a performance that is embarrassingly unrestrained as the trouble-making druid Maelgan. Carita, on the other hand, is an amateurish non-actor given the responsibility of carrying the picture when, in actual fact, she is simply incapable of doing so (she never starred in another film). See The Viking Queen if you're a fan of Hammer and you don't mind history that is camp and inaccurate…. avoid it if you want something serious, enlightening and believable.

Space_Mafune Looking at the DVD box cover or watching the trailer, one expects out and out adventure and excitement. Well in reality this film doesn't have a whole lot of that. Sure there are some exciting scenes in there particularly towards the end but most of the best scenes in the film involve things used to shock the audience more than anything else.There are some fine actors involved in this one including Andrew Keir as the villainous Octavian and Patrick Troughton as the heroic and peace-minded Tristram. Carita is also surprisingly good in the lead role of Salina-the Viking Queen(although even she cannot quite match the box cover). Don Murray is fine in the role Justinian and these few actors/actresses almost rise the film up a notch in two in quality if only there weren't so many scenes of people walking, riding, etc. which do become very tiresome and boring. When it comes to historical accuracy I don't think that was ever the intention behind this film --the trailer, poster and DVD box cover suggests action excitement but one never really gets enough of that from this film. Many of the more shocking scenes are also much too obvious and border on cheesy they are so overdone.