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Mighty warrior Ator (woodenly played by Miles O'Keefe, who's all flowing long hair and well sculpted muscles) must rescue his beauteous (semi)sister Sunya (foxy brunette Ritza Brown) from the vile clutches of evil high priest Dakar (wildly overplayed with deliciously hammy brio by Dakkar of "Zombie" and "Dr. Butcher M.D." fame). Feisty Amazon thief Roon (luscious blonde Sabrina Siani) and a cute'n'cuddly bear cub help Ator out.
Boy, does this hilariously horrendous honey possess all the right wrong stuff to rate highly as a real four-star stinkeroonie: We've got clumsy (mis)direction by legendary sleazemeister Joe D'Amato (who also wrote the patchwork script and did the polished cinematography), dodgy dubbing, erratic pacing, hit or miss acting, ineptly staged action scenes, lovably rinky-dink (far from) special effects (you can clearly see the obvious wires manipulating the legs of a giant puppet spider!), a derivative plot that slavishly (and shamelessly) imitates the story from "Conan the Barbarian," and even a hideously sappy soft-rock theme song mewling away over the end credits. Edmond Purdom adds a touch of class as helpful and vengeful mentor Graba while delectable Euro soft-core goddess Laura Gemser has a small, yet neat role as wicked and powerful sorceress Indun. Carlo Maria Cordio's robust score hits the rousing spot. An absolute crummy hoot.
score 8/10
Woodyanders 20 March 2015
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3205635/ |
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