‘Red Sonja’ Download and Reviews

November 22, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Fantasy

“Red Sonja” Movie Details

Red Sonja tagline: A woman and a warrior that became a legend.
Red Sonja - DVD Cover

Red Sonja DVD Cover

Actors:
Arnold Schwarzenegger Kalidor
Brigitte Nielsen Red Sonja
Sandahl Bergman Queen Gedren
Paul L. Smith Falkon
Ernie Reyes Jr. Prince Tarn
Ronald Lacey Ikol
Pat Roach Brytag
Terry Richards Djart
Janet Agren Varna, Red Sonja’s Sister
Donna Osterbuhr Kendra the High Priestess
Lara Naszinsky Gedren’s Handmaid
Hans Meyer Red Sonja’s Father
Francesca Romana Coluzzi Red Sonja’s Mother
Stefano Maria Mioni Barlok, Red Sonja’s Brother
Tutte Lemkow Wizard
Directors: Richard Fleischer
IMDB Rating: 4.3/10 out of 11,006 votes

“Red Sonja” Movie Review

“Red Sonja” Plot Summary

The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills… add synopsis

OK I admit I enjoyed it!!

Let’s just settle this before I start – this is a bad bad movie! You will be hard pressed to find such awful acting anywhere as Miss Nielsen, ‘veteran’ director Richard Fleischer stumbles blindly through a non-existant plot, and you will feel absolutely no sympathy for either the good guys or the bad – in other words you just won’t care!I would love to have hated this film – as a self-proclaimed ‘movie-buff’ this is the kind of film I should not even go near. But I’m loathed to admit…I enjoyed it! The two stars, amongst their awful acting, are actually quite engaging in a comedic way (intentional or not!). I began to relish the dialogue scenes just to see if a line could have been delivered with any more wood! The intentional comedy comes from a young prince (Ernie Reyes Jr) and his bodyguard (Paul Smith). Although I wished the prince to find the end of a sword as quickly as possible from his first scene, the interplay between these two characters was amusing, with some one-liners that could not have been more out of place in this film! The villainous queen (played by Sandahl Bergman) is unfortunately bland and forgettable. But one real treat for me was another completely out-of-place commodity – a great rousing score from maestro Ennio Morricone!This was Schwarzenegger’s return to his CONAN genre after hitting it big with THE TERMINATOR. It isn’t too surprising that this was the last ’swords and sorcery’ movie he did – but I promise you won’t hate it! You’ll want to!….but you won’t!

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‘Conan the Barbarian’ Download and Reviews

August 15, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Fantasy

“Conan the Barbarian” Movie Details

Conan the Barbarian tagline: He conquered an empire with his sword. She conquered HIM with her bare hands.
Conan the Barbarian - DVD Cover

Conan the Barbarian DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Erik Holmey
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan
    James Earl Jones Thulsa Doom
    Max von Sydow King Osric
    Sandahl Bergman Valeria
    Ben Davidson Rexor
    Cassandra Gava The Witch
    Gerry Lopez Subotai
    Mako The Wizard/Narrator
    ValГ©rie Quennessen The Princess
    William Smith Conan’s Father
    Luis Barboo Red Hair
    Franco Columbu Pictish Scout
    Leslie Foldvary Sacrificial Snake Girl
    Gary Herman Osric’s Guard
    Turanian War Officer
    Directors: John Milius IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 out of 36,470 votes

    “Conan the Barbarian” Movie Review

    “Conan the Barbarian” Plot Summary

    The epic tale of child sold into slavery who grows into a man who seeks revenge against the warlord who massacred his tribe.

    Classic!

    Conan the Barbarian is one of those films that just shouldn’t work on paper, but somehow ends up not only working, but becoming a classic. Everything is right here thanks to Milius unashamed bigger-than-life-direction. He takes him serious and dares to go far enough with the grandness, something few directors would dare do today for fear of being labeled pretentious

    Combine this with probably the best film score EVER written, and you have movie magic. Basil Poledouris score is such a classic that every other composer has ripped it off a thousand times, and rightly so. It’s the granddaddy of Wagnerian tour-de-force scoring.

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