Barbarian (Video 2003)

An ancient land suffocates in the shadow of evil. A dark lord rules unopposed. One warrior will become legend. He is the Barbarian... the last great warrior king.

Director:

Henry Crum

Writers:

Henry Crum, Chris Sivertson

Stars:

Michael O'Hearn, Irina Grigoryeva, Svetlana Metkina

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael O'Hearn	...	Kane
Irina Grigoryeva	...	Princess (as Irina Grigorieva)
Svetlana Metkina	...	Gilda
Yuri Danilchenko	...	Wooby / Kitchen Boy
Aleksandr Dyachenko	...	Zigrid (as Alexander Diachenko)
Martin Kove	...	Munkar
Dmitriy Shevchenko	...	Kristo
Irina Karra	...	Ilsa
Evelina Bledans	...	Sevra
Evdokiya Germanova	...	Witch (as Evdokia Germanova)
Yuriy Dumchev	...	Dark Prince
Gary Kasper	...	Dark Prince (as Gary Casper)
Yuri Petrov	...	King Kandor
Aleksandr Revenko	...	Fat King
Ekaterina Drobish	...	Damsel

Storyline

An ancient land suffocates in the shadow of evil. A dark lord rules unopposed. One warrior will become legend. He is the Barbarian... the last great warrior king.

---

Plot Keywords:

one word title

---

Taglines:

The Last Great Warrior King.

---

Genres:

Action | Adventure

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality and violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Barbarian: The Last Great Warrior King

Company Credits

Production Co:

Concorde-New Horizons

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (5.1 surround) Dolby (Dolby 2.0)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Scenes were filmed in historic castles in remote areas of the Crimea in southern Ukraine.

---

Goofs

On the first day of the tournament, Zigrid kills the hammer warrior. Yet, both at the end of the first day and at the beginning of the second day, the hammer warrior is standing among the other surviving champions.

---

Crazy Credits

In the opening title sequence, several nonspeaking extras or bit players are credited as if they were principals simply because their English-looking names would be more easily readable by American viewers.

---

Connections

Remake of Deathstalker (1983)

User Reviews

I don't know what's worse...

... the fact that this movie was a remake of the original "so bad it's good" Deathstalker movie and manages to be even worse... or the fact that about 1/3rd of the movie seems to be stock footage the original Deathstalker.

The sharp-eyed Corman enthusiast can probably name all the other movies which got plundered to make this monster (I spotted a scene of Margaret Markov from "The Arena" at one point) As for the original elements, all that this movie has is some badly dubbed Eastern-European actors and an Ewok-like creature whose existence might be justified if this were a children's picture. As every woman in the movie, except for the witch, appears topless at least once, this is unlikely.

The movie does best the original Deathstalker in at least one respect: it had an actual ending. Granted, it is an ending where the hero makes out with the princess in front of her father and the amazon warrior he bedded, who did everything she could to get him THAT far... but it is an ending.

Still, that and a tribute to Barbarian Queen star Lana Clarkson in the extras on the DVD menu prove that the makers of this film had their hearts in the right place... even if their heads are shoved someplace painful.