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Rick Hill | ... | Deathstalker | |
Maria Ford | ... | Dionara | |
Brett Baxter Clark | ... | Vaniat | |
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Michelle Moffett | ... | Kana |
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Anya Pencheva | ... | Janeris |
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Djoko Rosic | ... | Rakshia (as Jocko Rossitch) |
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Kosta Karageorgiev | ... | Palon |
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Jenny Philipova | ... | Tarinda |
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Rumen Dimitrov | ... | Eldoron |
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Mihaela Staikova | ... | Lesia |
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Tanya Dimitrova | ... | Liala (as Tania Dimitrova) |
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Sirma Nicolova | ... | Tisia |
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Endrika Shehpazian | ... | Terina |
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Velico Stomanov | ... | Malikat |
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Stancho Stanchev | ... | Aldilar |
It begins as a contest of strength the challenge of competition luring fighters from far away to a hilltop castle. Deathstalker leads the combatants but only to discover that the winners are disappearing one by one. Now, in his last and greatest battle, Deathstalker must defend his remaining comrades, his life, and his newfound love in battle against an evil army of stone warriors and the wicked queen who created them. Written by Concorde - New Horizons (with permission).
I didn't think anyone else had even heard of the Deathstalker films, let alone actually owned them - so when I saw this 'un on sale for a couple of quid second-hand, the appalling decision had already been made...
It's not a good film, obviously. In fact it's pretty terrible. I can't say just how terrible it is in relation to its three predecessors, because they were experienced way back in my murky, impressionable childhood and the only bits I can remember are the bits that were inexplicably recycled in this one.
But the real tragedy of Match of Titans is that while it's certainly a long way from the likes of the Conan films in terms of production values and, well... everything, really, it's also not quite inept enough to be funny. Don't get me wrong, the scale of incompetence runs pretty high considering it's the fourth instalment in a series, but when it comes to the crunch Rick Hill goes and ruins everything by turning in an inappropriately decent performance. Maria Ford's worth looking at, too. Not worth watching, mind you, but definitely worth looking at. There's a difference.
Still, the 'special' 'effects' are well down to standard for the genre, as are the 'plot', 'dialogue' and 'continuity'. And I can only speculate that the 'fight scenes' were choreographed by a couple of arthritic, wheelchair-bound 85-year-olds drunk on gin, which is great for a film entirely based around a hand-to-hand combat tournament. So it's not all bad, then.