The 13th Warrior

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Omar Sharif, et al.

Antonio Banderas is an important ambassador who is banished from his homeland for having an affair with the King's wife. During his travels he comes across a band of warriors who are being attacked by mysterious and ferocious creatures legendary for consuming every living thing in their path. An old fortune-teller warns the warriors that they will fail unless they are accompanied on their journey by a 13th warrior to help fight and conquer the mysterious enemy that is threatening their homeland.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 786936795561
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Touchstone / Disney
• Directors: Michael Crichton, John McTiernan
• Starring: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Omar Sharif, Vladimir Kulich, Maria Bonnevie, Mischa Hausserman, Sven Wollter, Dennis Storhoi, John DeSantis, Asbjorn Riis
• Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: Color; DVD; NTSC
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Slice slice--cut cut movie over.

An Arab (Antonio Banderas) is indiscriminate in love. Caught in the act, he is exiled along with his scrawny-looking horse to Viking land. There, he uses his unique abilities as the 13th warrior to give an edge in fighting the dragon. Yep, the best slices and cuts are on the cutting room floor. At least the storyline must have been left there. All that is left is a series of bloody encounters. Take the Vikings out of their furs and place them in Edwardian suits, and you have “Sleepy Hollow” (1999). This movie has no resemblance to Beowulf, and if anyone says it does resemble Beowulf, you can be assured that they never read it. A few Beowulf lines may have been pilfered and placed out of context. Other lines have been pilfered from other writings. Oh! They both say "worm." There is one redeeming value, and that is the presence of Omar Sheriff, who was in a better movie, “Oh Heavenly Dog” (1999), where he did not have to sit around looking dumb while waiting for the action. Antonio Banderas was not too bad in “The Mask of Zorro” (1998), where he had a chance to act instead of slashing quasi-mythical bears. If you took the blood away, this movie would more resemble “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court” (1949), where Bing Crosby gets to ride his pony around the larger but slower Knights.