| The 13th Warrior [1999] | ![The 13th Warrior [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71K31FJC8QL._SL160_.gif)
 enlarge | Directors: John Mctiernan, Michael Crichton
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhoi, Daniel Southern
Studio: Touchstone Home Video
Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 7524
Format: Closed-captioned, Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), Latin (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 98 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
EAN: 5017186102744
ASIN: B00004D34P
Theatrical Release Date: August 27, 1999
Release Date: September 25, 2000
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 Superb! September 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This has been consistantly my favourite film for a long time. I don't know why? I have watched it six or seven times, always enjoying it, the story is pacey, there's humour, action, and loads more. Banderas shouldn't fit but does and gives, for me, his best performance in a film. Buy with confidence, fills loads of genres, action, adventure, fantasy, heroic fantasy, etc etc. Enjoy.
Beards, rain, pine and mist... September 16, 2008
Why do i enjoy this film so much? I absolutely love it. The soundtrack really supports the action of which there is a plenty. Beautiful picture, sharp and colourful. A good story which is pushed along by colourful and interesting characters. Superstition and myth alongside good old fashioned bravery and sheer tempus fugit. Banderas is surprisingly good in the lead role, but he is surrounded by very enjoyable performances. I have watched this over and over and still really enjoy it. 8.5/10
GREAT FILM, SHAMEFUL LACK OF BONUS FEATURES... May 9, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this film, i mean LOVE it. Historical Fantasy at its very best.
Its easily as good as The Vikings (1958), better than Pathfinder (which i do like!) & nearly as good as Excalibur (1981).
Plenty of action, interesting Nordic characters, great locations, moody cinematography, atmospheric sets, decent FX and more than enough blood & severed limbs!
Its not a fantasy film as explicitly as Conan The Barbarian or Lord Of The Rings - Its more like Pathfinder or Troy in that sense, walking that fine line between history & legend. The Wendol creatures that the Viking warriors wage a brutal war against are not really monsters per se but you'd have a hard time classing them strictly as men. They are best described as a warrior race of cannibalistic, neanderthals that live mostly underground, venturing out in large raiding parties on horseback to ravage the surrounding villages. The climactic battle is epic & violent with some stirring music & all the blood and thunder imagery that you could hope for! Check out the 'Fire Serpent'...
Hell, even Antonio Banderas as the eponymous 13th Warrior is very good in this!
What lets the DVD down though is the complete absence of any Special Features - there is absoluteley zero - its just as well the film is so good but a Special Edition is LONG overdue...
The best Vikings vs. Cannibals adventure movie ever made! February 1, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The 13th Warrior is definitely the best Vikings vs. Cannibals movie. If that makes it sound like a down market schlocker, it's anything but, offering instead an imaginative account of what the real inspiration for the epic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf just might have been. Retitled (it was originally called Eaters of the Dead), re-edited, shelved and partially reshot by Michael Crichton, who replaced Graeme Revell's evocative world music score with an excellent old-fashioned adventure one by Jerry Goldsmith (part of which was used on Kingdom of Heaven's "Rise a knight" sequence), even in its final compromised state, it's a terrific adventure movie. It certainly boasts one of the best action scenes of recent years, with a fiery night-battle between the aforementioned Vikings and hundreds of bearskin-clad riders. On the minus side, this setpiece is so very good that the others fail to live up to it, especially the slow-motion final battle. Antonio Banderas is fine as the bewildered Arab ambassador drafted into helping a group of Vikings defeat an evil that cannot be named and Dennis Storhi immensely likeable as his translator/guide into the ways of the Northmen. Great fun, and a far from guilty pleasure.
Unlike the extras-free UK DVD, this German DVD includes brief soundbite interviews (including one with Michael Crichtron claiming the film was all McTiernan's work!), stills gallery and German trailer, though the German subtitles are unremoveable on the English soundtrack version of the film. The French DVD is generally a better bet - not only are the subtitles removeable but it includes a featurette, trailer and teaser trailer for McTiernan's original cut when it was still called Eaters of the Dead, though the 2.35:1 transfer is not quite as good as the UK release.
The best Vikings vs. Cannibals adventure movie ever made! November 20, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
The 13th Warrior is definitely the best Vikings vs. Cannibals movie. If that makes it sound like a down market schlocker, it's anything but, offering instead an imaginative account of what the real inspiration for the epic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf just might have been. Retitled (it was originally called Eaters of the Dead), re-edited, shelved and partially reshot by Michael Crichton, who replaced Graeme Revell's evocative world music score with an excellent old-fashioned adventure one by Jerry Goldsmith (part of which was used on Kingdom of Heaven's "Rise a knight" sequence), even in its final compromised state, it's a terrific adventure movie. It certainly boasts one of the best action scenes of recent years, with a fiery night-battle between the aforementioned Vikings and hundreds of bearskin-clad riders. On the minus side, this setpiece is so very good that the others fail to live up to it, especially the slow-motion final battle. Antonio Banderas is fine as the bewildered Arab ambassador drafted into helping a group of Vikings defeat an evil that cannot be named and Dennis Storhi immensely likeable as his translator/guide into the ways of the Northmen. Great fun, and a far from guilty pleasure.
Unlike other releases, this French DVD includes a featurette, trailer and teaser trailer for McTiernan's original cut when it was still called Eaters of the Dead, though the 2.35:1 transfer is not quite as good as the UK release.
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