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RobertBowen

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The 13th Warrior is a very under-rated film, and it is a shame it never did well at the box office. While some elements of the story are obvious (thereby making the central character's revelations a bit redundant), it is nevertheless an...
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The 13th Warrior is a very under-rated film, and it is a shame it never did well at the box office. While some elements of the story are obvious (thereby making the central character's revelations a bit redundant), it is nevertheless an interesting tale and firmly grounded in the time period.

The performances from the cast are solid all round, and Banderas does a good job as the central character. The action set pieces are excellently realised, from setting to choreography, and never seem contrived or unrealistic.

Truly a classic film in it's genre, and one that I never tire of watching.

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Posted jun 29, 2007 5:09 am pt

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good action film

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Posted apr 17, 2007 4:29 am pt

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Pretty cool flick. Very reminiscent of the book 'Beowulf'. Lots of action and blood.

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Posted mar 14, 2007 6:37 pm pt

• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  91
  The most unexpectedly audacious, exhilarating, wildly creative adventure thriller I've seen in ages.

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  75
  A deeply pleasurable, old-fashioned blood-'n'-guts adventure film.

  by Jonathan Foreman | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  It falls short where it counts: In the final confrontation.

  by Bob Graham | Read Full Review »
• [+] TNT RoughCut
  
  70
  My biggest complaint: Following two nasty bloodbaths and an invasion of the creatures' lair, the final showdown seems anti-climactic.

  by Christopher Brandon | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  67
  A straightforward, no-nonsense, agreeably old-fashioned historical action movie.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  63
  Has a remote feel. It sometimes impresses but never soars.

  by Michael Wilmington | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  60
  For the most part it delivers the goods.

  by Paul Malcolm | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  50
  Dramatically empty Norse warrior adventure.

  by Mike Clark | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  50
  A well-marbled, albeit derivative, slab of action-movie man meat.

  by Gary Dauphin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  50
  Warrior has the underwritten, overproduced bluster of "Conan the Barbarian."

  by Carrie Rickey | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  50
  About everything is big in The 13th Warrior except the writing, which is microscopic.

  by Jay Carr | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  50
  Gives you the delirious thrill of ripping off your enemy's head and watching the blood gush by providing a ringside seat.

  by Stephen Holden | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  42
  Terrible, unnamable enemies turn out to be uncompelling indeed.

  by Diana Abu-Jaber | Read Full Review »
• [+] Mr. Showbiz
  
  40
  Indulges in enough grubby histrionics and costume-adventure cliches to give you fifth-grade flashbacks.

  by Michael Atkinson | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  40
  McTiernan's extensive action background is nowhere evident in the murky, all-but-impossible to follow battle sequences.

  by Maitland McDonagh | Read Full Review »