On the weekend of August 31, 1999, a little movie that took the world by surprise kept its place atop the box office. The film, M.
Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense, premiered at the beginning of the month and would eventually gross over $600 million worldwide, rendering most of its competition moot. It was in this unexpectedly competitive climate that John McTiernan’s historical epic The 13th Warrior came out, and the results couldn’t have been more different than Shyamalan’s little movie that could.
Describing The 13th Warrior is a fool’s errand. Presented ostensibly as a historical action epic, the film often believes itself to be something entirely different. It’s best described as a piece of historical fiction, although it flirts with the fantasy genre at points — indeed, the film’s most notorious flaw at first glance is its inability to indulge its clear desires to explore the vague supernatural elements of its story.
Who needs perfect when you have… well, this If The 13th Warrior messed up its narrative approach, it at least made up for it in sheer, quaint, and clumsy spectacle. I’ll be honest here: The 13th Warrior is not a great movie: It’s uneven, oddly-paced, amateurishly written, and often ineptly staged. Yet, this inexperienced approach gives the film an appreciated and often delightful tone that makes the story more believable.
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