Great fiction movie

Rating: 10/10 (14 October 2004)

Although not promoted enough, this movie is excellent. If you like old-style thrillers such as Sleepy Hollow, you will love this one. The films also has a comedic side to it, which makes it more amusing. Antonio Banderas is very convincing in this role and so is the rest of the cast. Omar Al-Sharif also guest stars at the beginning of the movie for a few scenes, but as always, he adds more weight to the movie.
The most brilliant part in the film is how the director showed Ahmad Ibn Fadlan picking up the nordic language of the vikings, gradually. This is definitely original and very smart. In a nutshell, you either like this movie or you don't, I do and so do most of the people who told me they've seen it.