Another good film by Robert Eggers: Visually stunning. Powerful soundtrack. Great cast. It's a more traditional Archplot with a clear inciting incident, progressive complications, and a satisfying climax.  "The story of The Northman was based primarily on the legend of Amleth as written by Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus, known as the direct inspiration for William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Eggers cited the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, Egil's Saga, Grettir's Saga, the Eyrbyggja saga and the Saga of Hrolfr Kraki as additional influences. Eggers also acknowledged Conan the Barbarian as a source of inspiration." - Wikipedia Eggers' other film, which is more a Miniplot/Antiplot: I can't wait to see what Eggers does next.