Release: Berserker

 

Berserker
Genre: Historical/Thriller/Drama
Director: Ben Wheatley
Writer: Dwight Gallo
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Valter Skarsgard, Kristoffer Joner, Thekla Reuten, Clara Rugaard, Dolph Lundgren, Lars Mikkelsen, Sam Hazeldine, Rudy Youngblood, Michael Greyeyes





Budget: $32,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $39,907,674
Foreign Box Office: $55,225,045
Total Profit: $20,191,444

Reaction: Writer Dwight Gallo is quietly riding a hot streak at the box office that has continued with the success of Berserker (more on that in this round's Box Office Breakdown).

"Led by one of Viggo Mortensen's finest and most intense performances, Berserker is a solid - and bloody - revenge tale. Berserker isn't without its flaws, but it totally works as a moody and gritty period thriller." - Paul Onkean, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Berserker is yet another example of writer Dwight Gallo's skills as a master of lean and mean thrillers. Like he did with films like The Punisher, Ypsilanti and Elektra, Gallo's script for Berserker once again perfectly balances bloody violence and heartfelt emotion." - Chris Price, Boston Herald

"As Dwight Gallo has done for other aging actors in the past, it is great to see Viggo Mortensen given the platform to return to a role such as this. While he may not have the same name recognition as some of his brothers, Valter Skarsgard impresses in support and his scenes with Mortensen are some of the highlights of the film, alongside that heart-pumping finale." - Michael St. Felix, The Charlotte Observer

Rated R for graphic bloody violence and thematic material