100 % Testosteron

Rating: 7/10 (25 June 2013)

This film is as MANLY as film like this can get. It's on the same level as CONAN THE BABARIAN. One giant piece of epicness.
Jerry Goldsmith does one hell of a good job as a composer. He and Basil Poledouris knew how to compose the music for a film like that. Forget the Skyrim soundtrack (as good as it is), this is the music for a barbarian epic.
John Mc Tiernan delivers a solid work as the director. His visions for how to put the word epic on the big screen really pay off. It's not on the same high level as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but it doesn't have to be. He did the best he could and you can feel that.
I never was a huge fan of Antonio Banderas but, by god, he fits the role. Even if he is Spanish, he looks like an arab. As I said, I never was a big fan of his acting, but here he gave his very best. Maybe not in every single shot he is in, but I don't blame him for that. He did a very good job in my opinion.
In all this film deserves a lot of respect. It's one hell of a good film, even with its flaws and problems here and there.
Check it out. It's a good one.