What did you say about my mother?.....

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2013)

Ahmad Ibn Fadlan is sent to the barbaric north, because he fell in love with the wrong woman.
AD 922, this usually meant infinitely.
Shortly after, his party runs into exploring Vikings and befriends them. A young boy reaches the camp to tell them creatures of the Mist, have started attacking his homeland, killing and eating everyone in their way.
The oracle forces a thirteenth warrior to accompany the Vikings, but this must not be a man from the north.
Ahmad, who quickly is nicknamed Eban, first does not feel comfortable with the strange men of the north, but when he finds out that the Wendol really exist, he fights alongside the Vikings in a battle that can't be won.....
Yes the film is a flop, a big massive turkey, and nothing will ever change that, but its still by the guy who directed two of the best action movies of the eighties, and their are flashes of his genius here.
Its been chopped within an inch of its life, and some of the editing is particularly poor, but the overall movie is somewhat disturbing, and it has an eerie feel to it throughout, especially when we, the audience do not know the the reveal of the eaters of the dead.
Banderas, is as good as always, and the film feels like those old eighties fantasy films, Krull, Dragonslayer, and even a little Excalibur.
Its not the greatest thing ever made, but don't let the box office deter you from seeing the film.