This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The plot for Robert Eggers' latest film is rather simple. Inspired by the same legend that Shakespeare used for Hamlet, The Northman stars Alexander Skasgård as Amleth, a young man seeking revenge for the death of his father (Ethan Hawke) at the hands of his Uncle Fjölnir (Claes Bang).
But if The Northman was merely a straightforward revenge story it would be done and dusted within the first hour. What The Northman ends up being principally about is fate vs.…