Freddie Deighton

Like the film’s main characters, The Last Viking suffers from an identity crisis. It juggles between a harsh and gritty neo-noir drama and a heartwarming quirky comedy about complicated mental health issues. The two identities don’t mesh massively well together and leave a film that often feels a little dated and messy.

As Normal starts it almost feels like a shot for shot remake of Hot Fuzz, even down to some of the kills. Though as it goes along it chisels out its own voice with its wacky black humour, exhilarating and explosive action with some nail biting tension.

This is essentially what would happen if James Gunn had made Interstellar. Instead of giving you a fully fledged character with a family and people he’s willing to die to save, you’re given a snarky loner with his pet rock spider-dog that speaks in simplistic sentences. The script barely ever takes anything seriously and when it does, it just feels like a scene that’s been copied and pasted from Interstellar.