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The 13th Warrior (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 74 Fresh: 26  Rotten:48 Average Rating: 4.8/10
 
Consensus: Atmospheric, great sets and costumes, but thin plot.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Synopsis: Director John McTiernan takes viewers back to 900 A.D. in THE 13th WARRIOR. After courting "an untouchable" Muslim princess, Ahmed (Antonio Banderas) is banished and sent North as an emissary. When traveling from Baghdad to Saqaliba, he stumbles into an encampment of Vikings. At first... Director John McTiernan takes viewers back to 900 A.D. in THE 13th WARRIOR. After courting "an untouchable" Muslim princess, Ahmed (Antonio Banderas) is banished and sent North as an emissary. When traveling from Baghdad to Saqaliba, he stumbles into an encampment of Vikings. At first repulsed by their Nordic ways, Ahmed soon grows fond of the Northerners and joins their party. When news is brought that a horde of flesh eating monsters are ravaging the land, the mystic Oracle ordains that a group of 13 must travel to fight their evil doings. Twelve Nordes rom the party are chosen, Ahmed, a Muslim, is picked as the thirteenth. Knowing that defeat is eminent, the 13 warriors must undergo indeterminable odds to battle and rid the land of the horrific flesh eaters. The 13th Warrior is an epic tour de force created by two of Hollywood's most ingenious: Michael Crichton (JURASSIC PARK, LOOKER) and John McTiernan (PREDATOR, THE LAST ACTION HERO). Its sheer epicness and style make it an astonishing spectacle. Never before has such detail and large scale beauty been present in a Viking film. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Omar Sharif

Director: John McTiernan
Screenwriter: William Wisher, Warren Lewis
Producer: John McTiernan, Michael Crichton, Ned Dowd
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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Jun 1, 2001

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It harks back to the late 1950s when people actually made movies about Vikings and other seafaring heroes named Sinbad and Jason.

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Jeffrey Westhoff
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An entertaining and serviceable adaptation. Dennis Storhoi delivers an awesome performance. Weak aspects of story made up for by great action.

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Brian Mckay
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A sensação que fica, ao final da projeção, é a de que vimos um filme vazio - e sobre o personagem errado. E o que é pior: no qual nada acontece.

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The screenplay effectively communicates the cross-cultural tensions between the Arabs, the Vikings, and the pagan Wendols.

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Mediocrity should never be encouraged.

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