5/10
A simple sword and sorcery rescuing damsel from distress tale...
6 May 2021
1st watched 5/3/2021 - 5 out of 10(Dir-Bert I. Gordon): A simple sword and sorcery rescuing damsel from distress tale that isn't horrible, but has a weak female Merlin-type called Sybil and amateurish special effects making it only a so-so film. A simple man named George is infatuated with Princess Helena and wants to rescue her from an evil sorcerer played by Basil Rathbone, but lacks the necessities until his god mother Sybil reveals some of his 21st birthday presents (which he steals from her). The king has an appointed knight, who boldly wants to finish the quest against 7 curses to get to the girl and a portion of the kingdom(which is promised by the king to the one who rescuers her). George also gets six other knights to help in the quest along with magical powers including a magical sword. In the midst of the quest, some of the knights fall and than Sybil accidentally removes George's powers to face the rest of the approximate 4 curses left. The bumbling Sybil with her monkey and two-headed twin, are supposed to provide comedy relief(I guess), but only bring stupidity and silliness. Gary Lockwood, in a pre-2001 Space Odyssey role, is fine as George and Basil Rathbone is a credible villain, but the special effects of the dragon at the end, and in other places are second rate, at best. A nice try, but not enough to put this movie by Bert I. Gordon in the thumbs-up category.
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