Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.

Christopher Lambert
as Beowulf

Rhona Mitra
as Kyra

Oliver Cotton
as Hrothgar

Götz Otto
as Roland

Vincent Hammond
as Grendel

Charles Robinson
as Weaponsmaster

Brent Jefferson Lowe
as Will

Roger Sloman
as Karl

Layla Roberts
as Grendel's Mother

Patricia Velásquez
as Pendra
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What could have possessed the "Highlander" himself to participate in this nonsense? Based (very) loosely on the old poem, this tries to modernise the story (it even features tannoy speakers) and give it a contemporary feel - though still using the costumes and weapons of the original time. Our epony...