Nice To Look At, But Story Is Only 'Fair'

Rating: 5/10 (26 August 2006)

I found this wasn't a bad action film and certainly better than the national critics would have you believe.
The best feature of the movie is the cinematography and the 5.1 sound. Story- wise, it's so-so, about a bunch of Norsemen along with Arab (played by Antonio Bandaras) fighting some Mongol invaders.
The film could have used some humor, some better character development, and perhaps even a love interest . It also could have been better had it been 10-15 minutes shorter, but that's a common complaint of movies. Othersise, despite all that, it was still fairly interesting with beautiful colors and scenery.