The 13th Warrior
A man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a quest to banish a mysterious threat in a distant Viking land.
31 October 1941, Vienna, Austria
19 September 1957, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
27 August 1925, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
25 July 1921
10 August 1952, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
7 October 1966, Tønsberg, Norway
1952, Willesden, Middlesex, England, UK
17 January 1959, Shenandoah, Iowa, USA
26 September 1973, Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
27 January 1953, Warwickshire, England, UK
1 June 1942, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]
24 September 1944, Copenhagen, Denmark
13 April 1952, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
November 24, 2009
Jerry Goldsmith's rousing score exhibits more personality than any of the actors--or anything else in the film, for that matter.
February 09, 2006
At its best, this achieves the beauty and grandeur of a Kurosawa epic -- at its worst, however, it feels like a Python remake of The Vikings.
January 01, 2000
The 13th Warrior indulges in enough grubby histrionics and costume-adventure clichés to give you fifth-grade flashbacks.
July 14, 2007
Mr. Crichton may have found the perfect venue for his particular brand of character underdevelopment.
July 10, 2011
Exciting battle sequences, intriguing period costumes, fascinating cinematography, and stirring background music contribute to the epic nature of 'The 13th Warrior.'
June 17, 2008
Michael Crichton's story is underdeveloped and narrow in range, resulting in a tale more curious for its odd confluence of elements than for their edifying deployment.
July 21, 2005
The film is fascinating to watch, but I can hardly say what it's about, other than people killing each other.
November 28, 2009
"The 13th Warrior" is a brazen attempt to brand Antonio Banderas as an A-lister with a C-grade script. Failure attends.
December 06, 2005
If you're in the mood to watch heads, arms and other appendages getting chopped off, this movie is for you.
January 01, 2000
The film feels as hollow as empty armor and slightly hackneyed.
May 26, 2006
Shelved for over a year and probably heavily edited, it's better than it could have been.
March 22, 2002
A big cathartic blast.
