Prime Video Has Rescued the 'Predator' Director's Viking Misfire

Streaming has given a second life to a gritty, atmosphere-first Viking survival adventure that many wrote off after its theatrical run. FlixPatrol places The 13th Warrior in the Prime Video U.S. Top 10 this week, where it peaked at #6 yesterday and sat at #7 at the time of writing.

That’s a notable turnaround for a film long branded a disappointment, especially with a reported budget as high as $160M and a worldwide gross of about $61.7M. Antonio Banderas stars as a strategist dragged into a doomed mission, forced to earn trust through competence while learning the rules of a violent new world in real time.

Director John McTiernan leans into clarity—night raids, torchlight paranoia, and geography you can follow even when chaos erupts—so the enemy-in-the-dark tension lands with the discipline of a monster movie in armor. Critics remain cool: The 13th Warrior holds a 34% Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes from 89 reviews, while audiences are kinder, with a 66% score from more than 100,000 ratings.

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