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For Odin's sake, give us a director's cut!
This movie joins an exclusive niche, headed by The Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. Let's call it the "male warrior bonding" genre. There are any number of things to criticize about The 13th Warrior -- the plot is riddled with fantastic implausibilities and a few historical anachronisms. But it's a heartfelt tribute to the Viking warrior ethic. Suspend a bit of disbelief and enjoy it on its own terms as an action film of the highest caliber: gripping combat scenes, excruciating suspense. And yes, as other reviewers have noted, we need to see a director's cut to flesh out the supporting characters. Too many of them were just passing through on their way to Valhalla.
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Good Flick
Ordered this DVD new. Received the tape in a timely manner and brand new in package, no proublems! THANKS!!!!
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THE 13TH WARRIOR
This movie is excellent. It is a great story. It's just good from beginning to end.
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Lesson in old history
13th Warrior is about two cultures coming together to fight an uncommon foe. The characters are interesting. Many of the things done are true to the beliefs and lives of the peoples envolved during that period. Well edited, it leaves very few slow spots.
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The best Vikings vs. Cannibals adventure movie ever made!
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.
