Prime Video Has Rescued the ‘Predator’ Director’s Viking Misfire

Catalog motion pictures don’t normally get second lives on streaming as a result of folks out of the blue modified their style. They pop as a result of the algorithm lastly places the precise title in entrance of the precise temper. That’s what’s taking place with this gritty, atmosphere-first Viking survival journey that performs like a monster film in armor as nicely. In case you missed it in theaters (or solely keep in mind it as a punchline), its present run is a reminder that some movies have been all the time entertaining.

The hook is deceptively robust: an outsider dragged right into a doomed mission, compelled to earn belief via competence. The movie stars Antonio Banderas as a strategist, studying the foundations of a violent new world in actual time whereas the path leans into readability: evening raids, torchlight paranoia, and geography you possibly can observe even when all the things turns chaotic. And sure, this comes from the identical John McTiernan who made Predatorwhich explains why the enemy at midnight pressure hits tougher than most historic motion.

FlixPatrol reveals The thirteenth Warrior sitting within the Prime Video U.S. Prime 10 this week, peaking at #6 yesterday and touchdown at #7 on the time of writing. That’s an actual turnaround for a film that was branded a theatrical disappointment, particularly with a reported finances as excessive as $160M and a worldwide gross of about $61.7M. Streaming strips away the opening-weekend narrative and lets the movie compete on what it truly does nicely: lean runtime, relentless escalation, and a crew underneath siege construction that performs completely in a single sitting.

‘The thirteenth Warrior’ Has a Poor Essential Reception on Rotten Tomatoes

On Rotten Tomatoes, The thirteenth Warrior sits within the purple: a 34% Tomatometer (critics’ rating) based mostly on 89 critiques. Now this may be credited to the movie’s muddy storytelling, uneven tone, and a prestige-adventure bundle that by no means absolutely clicks, regardless of John McTiernan’s muscular motion instincts. The viewers story, nevertheless, is kinder. The viewers rating is 66% from 100,000+ rankings, and meaning loads of viewers discover it a stable, atmosphere-heavy Viking creature thriller.

The thirteenth Warrior is out there to stream on Prime Video and is at present trending. Keep tuned to Collider for extra updates.