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Actors: Antonio Banderas, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhoi
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The 13th Warrior |
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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
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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
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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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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
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
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