I expected more. Did not age well

Rating: 6/10 (28 March 2020)

There are not many Viking movies let alone good viking movies, and I had higher hopes for the 13th warrior. The reviews for this movie were overwhelmingly positive, however it's just not a very good movie...
Antonia Banderas is totally the wrong person for this role, a Spanish man pretending to be arab... it's not believable.
This story would have been better told from the Norse point of view in the beginning, rather than the 13th warrior. It just feels rushed. And the magical ability to understand language was silly.
The score feels out of place as well. Ultimately the movie feels like a missed opportunity. But hey its 30 years old so maybe it was better for 1999. Ultimately I found it boring and unbelievable.