Disney's Disastrous Historical Flop With Antonio Banderas Deserves A Second Chance

Within Disney's library is this overlooked Antonia Banderas historical action drama based on a Michael Crichton novel, which ...
Digital Trends

25 years later, one of Hollywood’s biggest bombs remains one of its most underrated movies

Based on Michael Crichton’s novel Eaters of the Dead, The 13th Warrior follows Ahmad ibn Fadlan (Banderas), a court poet who is exiled from Baghdad after having an affair with the wife of a wealthy ...
collider

This Action-Packed Antonio Banderas Movie Is Exactly What 'Vikings: Valhalla' Fans Need

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...
Chicago Tribune

MEDIEVAL `13TH WARRIOR’ JUST ANOTHER MALE-BONDING EPIC

One thing at which movies excel is in transporting us to imaginary worlds in the distant past, where wildly colorful adventures can unfold with dazzling immediacy. That’s obviously the goal of the ...
The Escapist

The 13th Warrior Created a New Viking Mythology We See Everywhere

“I am Ahmad ibn Fadlan, ib al Abbas, ibn Rasid, ibn Hammad. And things were not always thus.” This all brings me to The 13th Warrior, an Antonio Banderas film on Wikipedia’s list of Hollywood’s ...
Dread Central

“Lo There Do I See My Father”: Revisiting John McTiernan’s THE 13TH WARRIOR

The word “underrated” is one that crops up frequently when discussions of film arise. It’s also a word that is often used improperly. The intention of many, it seems, is to use the word when ...
Orlando Sentinel

’13TH WARRIOR’ AND ‘MUSE’ AREN’T KIDDIE FARE

‘THE 13TH WARRIOR’ Rating: R (restricted). Best for: Mature teens to adults. What it’s about: When prominent Ahmed ibn Fahdlan (Antonio Banderas) falls in love with the king’s wife, he’s banished from ...