Fun...but like all other movies, have flaws

Rating: 9/10 (23 April 2002)

This is a movie you can watch over and over again. I just love that theme of action and history rolled into one. The action is good but blurry at times(especially in the viking lodgings). The charachter development isnt all that well but their honour and bravery and very well displayed. they can also be humurous without looking like a clown. i also liked the fact that Iban wasnt portrayed as a lousy obnoxious sidekick as was done in The Mummy and such. The "Bad prince" theme was totally out of the blue and shouldve been better explained but a decent attempt to add depth to the story. the people of the town were also not well shown in a way that their plight and ideas were not well represented. the armour and fighting was good but one of the men looked more like a spanish conquistador than a viking. Nonetheless this movie flies by real fast and is not dull for one moment and the cinemetography as well as the soundtrack was well done. I just wish more movies like this will come out in the future (Gates of Fire)...intellectually 6/10...but a movie you can watch over and over again.