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MPAA RATING: R for bloody battles and carnage
Starring Antonio Banderas, Omar Sharif, Diane Venora, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhøi, Daniel Southern, Richard Bremmer, and Tony Curran
Ibn Fahdlan (Banderas), an important emissary who is banished from his homeland, comes across a band of Norse warriors who coerce him into joining them when they are summoned to fight mysterious creatures legendary for consuming every living thing in their path. Eventually surrounded by the frightening and ferocious foe, Ibn must conquer his personal fears and help battle the illusive invaders who emerge out of the shroud of fog in the black of night. (Touchstone Pictures)
| GENRE(S): | Suspense/Thriller |
| WRITTEN BY: |
William Wisher Jr.
Warren Lewis Michael Crichton (novel Eaters of the Dead) |
| DIRECTED BY: |
Michael Crichton
John McTiernan |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 18, 2000 Video: January 18, 2000 Theatrical: August 27, 1999 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 103 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 6.7 (out of 10) based on 18 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kevin C. gave it a9:
Beautifully filmed yet gruesome. For action/ adventure you don't get much better. Based on the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf, it lives up to the expectation of heroism and tragedy. Weakness in fleshing out the characters is compensated by tearing flesh.
[Anonymous] gave it a6:
This Crichton adaptation is nothing more than an expensive piece of mediocrity. Battles that should've been exciting are poorly edited and lit, meaning they're not all that fun to begin with. There's little, if any, thematic coherence. They've taken a lavish budget and made something ordinary and unexciting out of it. Skip this and get gladiator. If you wanna watch this, don't expect anything special.
Nirav M. gave it a2:
This gets a non-zero rating only because it is laughably bad. Please note the spelling and grammar used by those who claim to like this movie.
Brian D. gave it a10:
One of the best movies ever period. No crying or moaning if you dont like it too bad your wrong.
Karen H. gave it a10:
I loved this movie. It wa a great story of people helping other people.
Leonard H. gave it a 9:
Much like the stories of the Old Testiment - a spiritual battle plan for dealing with a dmonic enemy. Much closer to reality than most would care to imagine.
John A. gave it a 10:
A thoroughly pleasing film involving an arabic diplomat gone savage-hunting warrior after being "contracted" by a group of norsemen to save a kings besieged land. Antonio Banderas fit the role well and the story was involving enough to get lost in if you paid attention, especially to the other twelve characters. Battle scenes where awe inspiring, gore and destruction rampant, even a short-lived romance between Banderas and a norse lady. Final battle could have been longer but the end scenes left the viewer with a sigh of enjoyment from the experience.
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