Rock solid adventure movie of epic scale

Rating: 8/10 (6 October 2000)

Would anybody have complained about this movie in case its complicated production history would not have become public knowledge at the time of its belated release? Fact is "The 13th Warrior" works. And if there ever was an adult boyÂ´s own film, this is it. The direction (whether by McTiernan or Crichton) knows how to handle adventure and the grim photography reminds one at the same moment that these were hard times for anyone around. All the actors, even Banderas, are perfect. And if you see this film on the big screen, you get lost in its time and space. One of the most underrated movies of the nineties and unjustly so.