Heads Will Roll

Rating: Null/10 (25 August 1999)

Just think Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI in Viking drag. That could have been the pitch to the suits at Disney for this rousing Antonio Banderas film. Director John McTiernan has always had a keen eye for action but his elegance is missing.
Though the the casting is interesting and bloody heads tend to fall from bodies, the film has the feel of an extended trailer. The powers that be must have employed one of those hefty Norse broadswords at the editing suite.
Alas, I'm a sucker for detailed period pieces and 13th WARRIOR has plenty of detail and bloody pieces. Go see it...I give it two swords up.