Neil Maffin

Lisa's husband, Bill, abuses her. With her sister's encouragement, she takes their three kids and leaves her husband. Bill keeps interfering with Lisa's attempts at a new life. She gets an order of protection against him, but the police can't do anything else to help her. One night Bill breaks into Lisa's apartment and shoots her. As she dies in the hospital, Lisa asks her sister to promise to take care of her three children. The sister takes the kids into her home, but Bill is still on the loose, an ever present threat.

Siglo X. Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan (Banderas) es un noble árabe que es expulsado de sus tierras por cortejar a una mujer. Acompañado de su mentor (Sharif), emprende un viaje al Norte, donde entrará en contacto con un grupo de guerreros vikingos que tienen que enfrentarse con una horda de salvajes que atacan sus poblados y devoran a sus gentes. La profecía de una bruja, anunciando el triunfo de los vikingos gracias a la intervención de un extranjero, anima a Ahmed a ayudarles en la lucha...