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Ironmaster

Original title: La guerra del ferro: Ironmaster
  • 19831983
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
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Ironmaster (1983)
ActionAdventure
A violent man is ejected from his tribe after killing two of its elders, but he discovers a way to make weapons out of iron, and begins waging war against all the tribes in the region. His a... Read allA violent man is ejected from his tribe after killing two of its elders, but he discovers a way to make weapons out of iron, and begins waging war against all the tribes in the region. His arch rival manages to escape and vows to stop him.A violent man is ejected from his tribe after killing two of its elders, but he discovers a way to make weapons out of iron, and begins waging war against all the tribes in the region. His arch rival manages to escape and vows to stop him.
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
971
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
28,035
9,456
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    • Director
      • Umberto Lenzi
    • Writers
      • Luciano Martino(story)
      • Alberto Cavallone(story)
      • Lea Martino(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Sam Pasco
      • Elvire Audray
      • George Eastman
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    • Director
      • Umberto Lenzi
    • Writers
      • Luciano Martino(story)
      • Alberto Cavallone(story)
      • Lea Martino(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Sam Pasco
      • Elvire Audray
      • George Eastman
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    • 21User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    Ironmaster (1983)
    Elvire Audray in Ironmaster (1983)
    George Eastman, Sam Pasco, and Benito Stefanelli in Ironmaster (1983)
    Sam Pasco in Ironmaster (1983)
    Ironmaster (1983)
    Ironmaster (1983)
    Ironmaster (1983)
    Ironmaster (1983)

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    Sam Pasco
    • Ela
    Elvire Audray
    Elvire Audray
    • Isa
    George Eastman
    George Eastman
    • Vood
    Pamela Prati
    • Lith
    • (as Pamela Field)
    Jacques Herlin
    Jacques Herlin
    • Raa the Wise
    Danilo Mattei
    Danilo Mattei
    • Rog
    • (as Brian Redford)
    Benito Stefanelli
    Benito Stefanelli
    • Iksay
    Areno D'Adderio
    • Zaal
    Giovanni Cianfriglia
    • Vood's Man
    Nello Pazzafini
    Nello Pazzafini
    • Vood's Man
    Walter Lucchini
    • Member of Mogo's Tribe
    Nicola La Macchia
      William Berger
      William Berger
      • Mogo
      Salvatore Billa
      Salvatore Billa
        Omero Capanna
        Omero Capanna
        • Hitman
        • (uncredited)
        Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
        Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
          Alessandro Prete
            Pietro Torrisi
            Pietro Torrisi
            • Mogo's Murderer
            • (uncredited)
            • Director
              • Umberto Lenzi
            • Writers
              • Luciano Martino(story)
              • Alberto Cavallone(story) (screenplay)
              • Lea Martino(screenplay)
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            • Trivia
              Throughout most of the film's fight sequences, Sam Pasco was doubled by fellow bodybuilder (and star of numerous Italian 'Peplum' films) Pietro Torrisi who also has a small part as one of the evil henchmen. Note that the two never appear onscreen together.
            • Quotes

              Vuud: You won, Ala, but one day there will be another Vuud.

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              Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 1 (2005)

            User reviews21

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            9/10
            Lenzi's costume epic World War II parable gone awry
            Umberto Lenzi has almost always been one of Italy's better "B-movie" directors, delivering consistently entertaining films throughout his career right up to the mid 80's. Ironmaster was a bit of a turning point, with Lenzi working with smaller and smaller budgets and with lesser and lesser known actors.

            With this dead-serious caveman adventure, we have most of the old regulars from Lenzi's crime films like Nello Pazzafini, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, and Riccardo Petrazzi (most of whom were primarily stunt men)... a couple other familiar faces like William Berger (KEOMA), George Eastman (KING DAVID), Danilo Mattei and Walter Lucchini (both from CANNIBAL FEROX) and that kid with the wounded leg in NIGHTMARE CITY. But who did Lenzi's producer Luciano Martino cast as the lead? The answer is the pretty mysterious case of bodybuilder Sam Pasco, who seem to have appeared out of nowhere and then disappeared (having never acted in a film since) even though he really isn't bad at all in this movie.

            Anyway, the whole thing is a pretty obvious parable of WW2 with Eastman's character Vood as basically Hitler's caveman equivalent, though he goes around smashing things while his lady friend does all the talking for him. It's actually not a bad plotline either, aided by some sumptuous photography, decent special effects, some really energetic editing, and one of Guido and Maurizio De Angelis's best forgotten scores (omitting the really lame title theme). The movie's main weakness is the heavy-handedness of everything, with morals being pitched left and right when the movie is really too low budget and silly to be taken seriously.

            Almost universally, this film is trashed as one of the all-time worst but it really isn't that bad at all. Much like Bruno Mattei's much-maligned ROBOWAR and Sergio Martino's SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD (which this film recycles some music from) IRONMASTER really would have been given a lot more credit had the producers put a little more money into it. It's still quite a lot of fun, and pretty far from boring to say the least.
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            • Aylmer
            • May 8, 2001

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            • Release date
              • March 10, 1983 (Italy)
            • Countries of origin
              • Italy
              • France
            • Languages
              • English
              • Italian
            • Also known as
              • Er - Stärker als Feuer und Eisen
            • Filming locations
              • Custer State Park - 13329 U.S. Highway 16A, Custer, South Dakota, USA
            • Production companies
              • Nuova Dania Cinematografica
              • Medusa Distribuzione
              • Imp.Ex.Ci.
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            • Runtime
              1 hour 38 minutes
            • Sound mix
              • Mono
            • Aspect ratio
              • 1.85 : 1

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