Le 13ème guerrier

Antonio Banderas est fait pour le rôle du héros médiéval, la musique de Jerry Goldsmith est fantastiquement monumentale et même les scènes individuelles (surtout les scènes d'action) sont très bien tournées. Elles ne manquent pas de dynamisme, d'atmosphère sombre et parfois elles donnent des frissons. La scène dans les grottes est parfaite. Mais tous ces moments bien filmés sont étrangement assemblés dans un ensemble incohérent et troué qui suscite des perplexités. Apparemment, cela est dû à Michael Crichton, dont le contrat lui permettait d'intervenir dans la forme finale du film. John McTiernan était en colère et a donc quitté le projet avant qu'il ne soit terminé. En conséquence, le résultat n'est pas celui de McTiernan, mais celui de Crichton. Et franchement, ça ne vaut pas grand-chose. Dommage. Ça aurait pu être une aventure grandiose. (12/04/2002)

Michael Crichton peut être satisfait. (26/01/2008)

I may have watched the 13th Warrior too soon. Otherwise, I would have missed my most important banter motif of dragging knights across the floor, which would have been a huge shame for my parents. Jerry Goldsmith managed to successfully knock out all the Zimmers, Williamses and even the reigning Howard Shore with The Lord of the Rings. The film itself ended up several leagues worse, though, but even after all these years I don't have the feeling of downright frustration when watching it. Rather, it's just the shockingly untapped potential that, under different circumstances, could have led to the most epic Viking romp ever created. (19/12/2022)

I can’t help it. Banderas is great in the role, the action scenes are good, suspenseful and imaginative, Goldsmith's music is gorgeous. The 13th Warrior scared and entertained me as a kid and it still does today. Above-par. (26/12/2009)

I have to admit that in my day the film got to me, because I was just enjoying Viking black metal a lot, and just saying the name Odin or Valhalla made me emotional. With hindsight, I see mainly a film with a very interesting theme, but it has been completely buried by the illogical editing. Let the author of the original do it and it's a mess that he may understand, but the viewer can’t make sense of it. A little more and The 13th Warrior could have been a great adventure film from an exotic setting. This leaves a blurry mess with a good Banderas and some nice sequences. But as a whole, indescribably loose... Mr. Crichton, hold on to your pen!!! (01/02/2004)