bad comments about a bad movie

Rating: 1/10 (29 August 1999)

After walking out of the cinema I thought "Is the West so insecure about its conquest in all spheres tangible and spiritual, that this insolent little bit of cultural revisionism is required?" Apparently Michael Crichton feels that way, and needed to bring up some vitriolic bile to spew.
Unintentional Comedic Relief elements:
I did laugh very hard at the 13th warrior's miraculous ability to pick up Norse faster than Thor's hammer can swing. He ought to replace the Universal Translator in Star Trek, because he'd be better at the job. For that matter, he's also damn good at grinding down claymores into damascene scimitars.
On my personal scale, this one rates a -10 for cultural odiousness