Avoid this warrior like the plague!

Rating: 2/10 (4 March 2000)

Well, I've got to hand it to director John McTiernan: either he has incredibly high hopes for this film or he underwent a brain transplant from aliens from the planet Moronis. Apparently he thought a film with the name "Eaters of the Dead" wasn't vague enough, and by changing it to a name that has next to nothing with the actual story (more on that later)....
well, you get the picture.
The "script", based upon the novel by Michael Crichton, is thoroughly awful, which is even worse, given what potential it had. Perhaps it wasn't the script that needed work, but we'll never know when we've got an actor such as Antonio Banderas reading them in a drab, monotonic voice that only he can do. For instance, one of the subplots that was only mentioned but never explained was Ahmed's "prophecy" to kill the bear-people. Yeah! Speaking of "profits", I wonder if this movie made any?
The only two redeming features that this film has is that it pumped some desperately-needed funds into the Canadian film industry (The bulk of the work was shot in Vancouver Island), and occasionally, the cinematography stands out (esp. the scene where Ahmid "learns" the viking's language, and replies to their insults with the retort that is sure to stand out in film history: "My mother... was pure woman from a noble family! But at least I know who my father was, you pig-eating son of a w***e!")
That line bumps my vote from a 1 to a 2.