Great film, especially if you are a lover of Norse Legends.

Rating: Null/10 (29 August 1999)

I went with two friends of mine to The Thirteenth Warrior and we
all had no idea what the film was about or even if it was good
or not. Within the first half hour, we realized it had many
similarities to the classic poem Beowulf. As a kid, I read
Beowulf as if it was my favorite comic book. It is filled with
beasts of mass murder, bloody gore, Viking warrior kings and a
vengeant mother beast who lived in the sea.
I found out after the movie that Michael Crichton wrote the book
"Eaters of the Dead," which the movie is based on, on a dare to
a friend to prove that Beowulf is a good book to teach in
college courses.
Of course, the movie is only similar to Beowulf to a certain
point, but it is definitely worth seeing if you like the poem
Beowulf, if you like good acting, if you DON'T want to see
Antonio Banderas as the main protagonist, and if you want to see
a bunch of Viking warriors with testosterone for blood. Not to
mention a killer origin.