A dense italian conan type of adventure from the late Aristide Massaccesi. Creator of many "exotic" films.

televinken

Ator the fighting eagle is just a fantastic adventure set in a land far away, long ago. Director Joe D'Amato has used all his knowledge from the Italian porno-industry to make a mark in filmhistory.

Some people blame Ator for being just a simple Conan rip-off which I by no means can agree with. Ator is a much more "human" barbarian than Conan and is always struggling with moral dilemmas. He's for instance deeply in love with his own sister and where Conan probably just would say "thumbs up" and go for game, Ator on the other hand struggles with his emotions. Eventually he finds out he was adopted as an infant. That makes a marriage between him and his sister possible.

However, Ators bride is captured by the evil Spiderking and then the saga begins.

score 10/10

televinken 18 November 1999

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0199427/