Actors: Antonio Banderas, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhoi
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The 13th Warrior
An Arab man is exiled from his country for having an affair with the Sultan's wife. He meets a group of 12 vikings who tell him they need 13 men to battle creatures. He joins and becomes the 13th warrior. They head off and begin a battle with these creatures.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
This is the story of Ahmed ibn Fadlan, a selfish young Arab poet living in Baghdad in the Middle Ages. After having an affair with the wife of a prominent citizen, he is banished, undertaking a diplomatic mission for the caliph. He meets a group of Vikings, and is forced to join them as a mercenary fighting a group of mysterious cannibals.
--Sincerae Smith, Resident Scholar
Antonio Banderas plays an arab writer who is banished from his country for having an affair with the sultan's wife. He is brought in by a group of rough, warlike Scandinavians. They recieve a message from a neighboring village that says they are under attack. Antonio Banderas is picked as the thirteenth man to go on the mission.
--Michael Gookin, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of The 13th Warrior
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 50% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 23.3% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 26.7%
Time/Era of Movie:
- middle ages
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Mercenaries
War story:
- escaping behind enemy lines
Training/Promotion story?
Yes
Kinds of training/promotion:
- military
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard curly (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Arabic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
Profession/status:
- killer
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
- super strength
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Scandinavia
- Eastern Europe
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- building
- castle
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Kind of violence:
- mission to destroy something
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- knives
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- eaten
- diced
- crushed
- flamed
- impaled
- decapitated
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
