This is must see!

Rating: Null/10 (2 December 1999)

This is a must see. This is the background: Setting is a Norse stronghold. Under seige. A savage cult - a bear cult - is overwhelming a string of Norse settlements. These guys in the bear cult wear a bear skin. Shamble like a bear. Live in a cave like a bear. They take no prisoners - they ask for no quarter. A woman shamen (shameness or shamenette) lives deep in the bowels of this cave where she inspires her cult followers and works her shamenistic rituals.
This is how the plot unfolds: There is this lad who lives in Bagdahd. He has a wandering eye for the ladies. The husband of a beauty has the Caliph/Sultan/Bey/Whatever make this lad an ambassador to the Northmen. So he gets on his horse, accompanied by his faithful manservent, Mustafa Ibn Sancho Panza.
They ride until they come to a Norse encampment. Hang out. Next day another group of northmen come to camp. They have come to ask for help against this bear clan - although the northmen think they are supernatural beings.
The lads call upon an oracle to tell them how to proceed. She says they must send thirteen warriors to help out except that she specifies that the thirteenth guy must not be a northman and that is how the Arab guy gets drafted into the party.
The party travels north, ala Seven Samaurai/Magnificent Seven. And thereby hangs the tale.
The Arab guy makes the transition from philanderer to regular guy with insight.
I give this one a 8.5 rating. Lots o gore. You will want to see this one again and again.