Title: POINTLESS AND DULL
Review: Maybe I didn't watch the same movie, but I found THE 13TH WARRIOR incredibly pointless and dull. While filmed sumptuously and with a decent amount of action scenes, there was little substance in the plotting or in the limp characterizations. Who were these "eaters of the dead?" All of a sudden the Vikings are speaking English, obviously for the benefit of its audience since translator Omar Sharif wasn't going to be around to translate. Michael Crichton is a gifted writer, but I don't consider this one of his shining moments. Antonio Banderas wears much too much eye make up in the first part of the film and the gifted Diane Venora is wasted in what amounts to nothing more than a cameo role. Listless and lumbering, I don't recommend this one at all.
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