***SPOILERS*** Almost laughable 11th century costume epic with Chuck Heston sporting a Prince valiant hairdo as blood & guts Norman Knight Chrysogan who's put in charge by the Duke of the a Druid village on the Normandy coast. Chrysogan's job among other things, like collecting taxes, is to protect the village from the hated Frisian.
Besides fighting off the Frisians Chrysogan is also looking for some action in town since in being in combat in the crusades for the last 20 years he needs a woman's touch to relive all the pent up sexual frustration, in not being with a woman, he's since developed. Spotting the beautiful peasant girl Brouwyn, Rosemary Forsyth, feeding the pigs outside town he has his second in command Bors,Richard Boone, check her out for him and see if she's married or not. As it turns out Brouwyn is already taken or to be married to her boyfriend Marc, James Farentino. But because he's now the big man in town Chrysogan uses this archaic law about the right to spend the last night with a virgin before her wedding day he has things turn his way. As for Marc in seeing that his sweetheart and future wife is to be taken for the night by the lustful Chrysogan he loses it and eventually joins with together his pop Odins, Niall MacGinnis, the village elder the hated Frisians.
The film really starts to move when Chaysogan's jealous kid brother Darco, Guy Stockwell, starts to make waves in him shaking up with Bronwyn and spending more time with her then in defending the land or village that the grateful Duke has given him. This soon leads to a violent confrontation between the two brothers where Darco who had just come to the rescue with his calvary, in preventing the Frisians from overrunning the castle that his brother is commanding, getting the short end of the stick or dagger in his gut by a very reluctant, in trying to avoid killing him, Chrysogan.
Besides all the corny and ridicules sub-plots in the movie it's the action scenes that saves the " The Warlord" from being the bomb of a movie that it at first looked like it was headed for. Chuck, Heston that is, is at his best as the fearless Warlord Chaysogan together with his top kick or #1 man Richard Boone as Bors as they turn the tide against the invading Frisians in the films exciting final battle scenes.
***SPOILERS***The heart-broken Marc who turned traitor when his love Bronwyn willingly dumped him for Chrysogan still seeks revenge against him only to have himself get run through, by a large tree branch, by Bores who by then was about the only on left, besides Chrysogan,of those defending the castle from the invading Frisians. The Frisians by then were so beaten up that they were glad to get back on their ships and sail back home,to Norway, to lick their wounds and forget they ever tangled with Chrysogan. As for Chrysogan with him looking like he's about to kick off, from the wounds he suffered by Marc nailing him, he's now a king or knight without kingdom in that by the time the movie is finally over just about all his subjects are dead & buried or just checked out,together with the Frisians, for good.
Besides fighting off the Frisians Chrysogan is also looking for some action in town since in being in combat in the crusades for the last 20 years he needs a woman's touch to relive all the pent up sexual frustration, in not being with a woman, he's since developed. Spotting the beautiful peasant girl Brouwyn, Rosemary Forsyth, feeding the pigs outside town he has his second in command Bors,Richard Boone, check her out for him and see if she's married or not. As it turns out Brouwyn is already taken or to be married to her boyfriend Marc, James Farentino. But because he's now the big man in town Chrysogan uses this archaic law about the right to spend the last night with a virgin before her wedding day he has things turn his way. As for Marc in seeing that his sweetheart and future wife is to be taken for the night by the lustful Chrysogan he loses it and eventually joins with together his pop Odins, Niall MacGinnis, the village elder the hated Frisians.
The film really starts to move when Chaysogan's jealous kid brother Darco, Guy Stockwell, starts to make waves in him shaking up with Bronwyn and spending more time with her then in defending the land or village that the grateful Duke has given him. This soon leads to a violent confrontation between the two brothers where Darco who had just come to the rescue with his calvary, in preventing the Frisians from overrunning the castle that his brother is commanding, getting the short end of the stick or dagger in his gut by a very reluctant, in trying to avoid killing him, Chrysogan.
Besides all the corny and ridicules sub-plots in the movie it's the action scenes that saves the " The Warlord" from being the bomb of a movie that it at first looked like it was headed for. Chuck, Heston that is, is at his best as the fearless Warlord Chaysogan together with his top kick or #1 man Richard Boone as Bors as they turn the tide against the invading Frisians in the films exciting final battle scenes.
***SPOILERS***The heart-broken Marc who turned traitor when his love Bronwyn willingly dumped him for Chrysogan still seeks revenge against him only to have himself get run through, by a large tree branch, by Bores who by then was about the only on left, besides Chrysogan,of those defending the castle from the invading Frisians. The Frisians by then were so beaten up that they were glad to get back on their ships and sail back home,to Norway, to lick their wounds and forget they ever tangled with Chrysogan. As for Chrysogan with him looking like he's about to kick off, from the wounds he suffered by Marc nailing him, he's now a king or knight without kingdom in that by the time the movie is finally over just about all his subjects are dead & buried or just checked out,together with the Frisians, for good.