A group of "North men" (12) and one Arab (makes 13) fight of a horde of strange manlike creatures.

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2001)

Let me start by saying, that this is one fine movie. I like to compare it to the movie Aliens (Alien 2) in terms of suspense. You know something is out there. You just don't know what it is and when it'll come out.
***SPOILER?*** "They're coming with the fog". It's just a line. But then when the fog comes rolling in, everybody gets very jumpy and it really adds to the suspense. ***End spoiler***
The build up of suspense is very good. I haven't read the book, but I figure that the movie may have had a longer running time before it hit the cutting room. It's still a good movie, though.
One note to all those who think it was super human like and unrealistic that the Arab learned the Norse language in one night! Watch it again and see that he learns it in the many weeks that the party is underway to The North. The few minutes of actual camp footage are a depiction of the many nights the camped for the night. You see weather changes for one thing. It was a great way of cutting a couple of weeks short.
Go see it. I bought it for like $15 on DVD and was very pleased. all the stuff that I have seen written about this movie is mostly unfounded criticism, like the part about learning the language. Or the fact that the monsters are able to tear human heads of in one motion (See the spoiler down at the bottom of this comment).
********************************************************************** ***************VERY BIG SPOILER - DO NOT READ ON IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE BUT WANT TO IN THE FUTURE****************************** ******************************************** Neanderthal (that's what they resemble) were actually way stronger that humans. So it's very possible for them to do so. ***********END SPOILER*************