Starring Antonio Banderas, the film had more than one person behind the camera and this influenced the final result of the project.
There are films that have all the elements necessary to be a success, but when they hit the theaters they become failures. One of the biggest examples of this is The Thirteenth Warrior (1999), adventure film with Antonio Banderas who tried to replicate the success of Jurassic Park – Dinosaur Park. The result was a disaster!
The 13th Warrior, released in 1999, had John McTiernan behind the cameras. He had successfully brought titles such as The Predator (1987), Hard to die (1988) and Hunt for Red October (1990). Banderas also triumphed The Mask of Zorro (1998).
McTiernan’s participation was already a big attraction, but in the final phase of the film he abandoned the project and made it Michael Crichton who took over the director’s chair. The 13th Warrior is loosely based on the novel Eaters of the dead by Crichton himself, also author of Jurassic Park.
The story of The 13th Warrior follows Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, played by Antonio Banderas. This Arab ambassador is expelled from his lands and, on his journey, he comes across a group of Viking warriors who have been attacked by wild beasts. A fortune teller has warned them: if they do not recruit someone else from their ranks, they will die. Ahmed thus becomes the only hope of winning the battle.
Conflict of visions in this failure with Antonio Banderas
The 13th Warrior cost about $160 million, but…
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