"Writer/director Bornedal tries so hard to terrify or provoke (as in his 1998 failure, 'Nightwatch') that all the good acting and imagery add up to nothing more than pretty violence."
"...a national-stereotypes manual masquerading as a movie... If you think it's hilarious to see a man get shot in the crotch with a crossbow and then yell 'Erin go bragh!' in chipmunk squeal, you might enjoy this mind-numbing bastardization of history."