The first time I saw this must have been about 30 years ago, when it came out on VHS.
So I only have vague memories of it.
I recall that I liked it, but that was about it.
Did I like it this time around?
Yes, mostly.
I was expecting hacking, evil wizards and bewbs.
This film had that, mostly, don't recall the evil wizard to be honest, definitely had boobage and hacking.
So, we have a village attacked on wedding day, the men folk are taken prisoner and most of the women raped and or killed.
Our hero hides in the bath (not as bad as it sounds to be fair) and she survives the attack.
Gathering other bad ass women from the village she sets off to rescue her captured man and sister.
She heads off to the bad guys city and along the way rescues people, kills more men in mid-rape and generally kicks a lot of man ass.
The fight scenes are not too bad, they look like a sort of genuine brawl with swords, rather than a tightly choreographed dance scene.
The city as a set is not that bad, I expected very flimsy wooden sets, but it did not look that bad, it was not flat and level like some half arsed build on a field either, it had raised areas and steps and could even have passed muster as a real city.
The costumes are of fair quality and despite the cover, they mostly wear sensible clothes.
The lead is not unconvincing as a hero type, she is perhaps taller than most and whilst not slim, she is not thin.
It is not too much of a stretch to imagine her as a kicker of ass.
There are rape scenes and sexual torture scenes, though they come across as soft porn tropes rather than brutal and meant to shock.Oh and the music was by James Horner, but that did not help save it to be fair as it was pretty poor.
Summary?
Very much of its time.
Soft porn with women being abused but getting their revenge.
Sort of a reversal of the standard film of the day.
PPS: What even does that tag line mean?
TRUE RATING: 2/10
RATING AS A SWORDS AND SORCERY FILM: 5/10
SAMANTHA'S RATING AS SWORD AND SORCERY: 4/10
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