"Deathstalker?! Is that your first name or last name?"
Deathstalker(John Terlesky), a mighty..snicker..gallant..snicker, snicker..warrior, aids a delicious little piece of eye candy, Reena the Seer(Monique Gabrielle, who looks good enough to eat)in regaining her kingdom, besieged by the villainous sorcerer Jarek(..played by a sneering John Lazar, with just the right pinch of arrogance)who has cloned a "duplicate" Princess Evie, who feeds cannibalistically on her servants and guards(!) provided to keep her appetite quenched. At the opening of the film, Deathstalker steals a jewel from Sultana(Toni Naples), who announces the film to the viewer, after she vows revenge. Sultana will assist Jarek in a mission to kill Reena and give Evie the kingdom..Evie needs Reena dead because she's slowly fading, for some reason. Anyway, Deathstalker agrees to help Reena, manipulated into partaking the mission at the idea of fame and fortune(..not knowing he's being duped into helping Reena get her kingdom back for she has concealed her identity as the princess, taking on the fortune-telling gig as a disguise). The rest of this flick has them facing all types of peril(..oooo..ahhhh...) including Deathstalker's wrestling match with an Amazonian female behemoth(..gasp..to the death) because the female tribe he and Reena were captured by condemn his womanizing ways! Maria Socas is the Queen of this tribe, and yet another easy-on-the-eyes casting choice by the filmmakers..you have to know the demographic this is aiming at, eh? Deathstalker also faces other traps, like one inside a mausoleum where Jarek has designed a wall of spikes coming towards him as Reena faces off with a horde of zombies. Reena hangs over a cauldron as Deathstalker has to come to her rescue while trying to defeat Sultana in a swordfight. You have a finale at the Princess' castle as the Amazonian women tribe, who decide to help Deathstalker and Reena after all, assist them in a fight against Jarek and his guards while Evie plans to kill her "sister".
Director Wynorski operates with NRN:No Restraint Necessary. This is a complete send up of the "swords, sandals, and sorcery" genre that was successful at the time. Tongue just isn't firmly in cheek..it's wagging. And, as expected in a film from Jim Wynorski, you get plenty of tits. Monique Gabrielle doesn't try to act and knows the film is ridiculous so she just plays along with the material as does Terlesky as the mugging hero, all chiseled smiles. Neither hides the fact that they're in a silly film..this will, no doubt, drive some people up the wall(..I can't say I'd blame them, but I knew what I was getting into and the opening minutes lets you know the brand of entertainment in store for the viewer the rest of the way.). I watched this nonsense in the right frame of mind so it went over without a hitch. Naples and Socas are merely eye-candy, as is Gabrielle who looks fantastic, even if she's not exactly the greatest on-screen performer in the world. The very definition of a guilty pleasure..some will find it incredibly annoying, but I just took it with a grain of salt and had a good time. I swear that "whishing" sound effects as swords move in combat, sound like something out of the "Masters of the Universe" cartoon. Whoever choreographed those sword fighting scenes, must have done it for free(..and especially the bar fighting scene and cave fighting opening scene)because they don't look that convincing to me..perhaps, like the rest of the film, Wynorski is winking at us that this flick isn't supposed to be convincing, but pure schlock. If that was his intent, constantly winking at us, he succeeded.
Deathstalker(John Terlesky), a mighty..snicker..gallant..snicker, snicker..warrior, aids a delicious little piece of eye candy, Reena the Seer(Monique Gabrielle, who looks good enough to eat)in regaining her kingdom, besieged by the villainous sorcerer Jarek(..played by a sneering John Lazar, with just the right pinch of arrogance)who has cloned a "duplicate" Princess Evie, who feeds cannibalistically on her servants and guards(!) provided to keep her appetite quenched. At the opening of the film, Deathstalker steals a jewel from Sultana(Toni Naples), who announces the film to the viewer, after she vows revenge. Sultana will assist Jarek in a mission to kill Reena and give Evie the kingdom..Evie needs Reena dead because she's slowly fading, for some reason. Anyway, Deathstalker agrees to help Reena, manipulated into partaking the mission at the idea of fame and fortune(..not knowing he's being duped into helping Reena get her kingdom back for she has concealed her identity as the princess, taking on the fortune-telling gig as a disguise). The rest of this flick has them facing all types of peril(..oooo..ahhhh...) including Deathstalker's wrestling match with an Amazonian female behemoth(..gasp..to the death) because the female tribe he and Reena were captured by condemn his womanizing ways! Maria Socas is the Queen of this tribe, and yet another easy-on-the-eyes casting choice by the filmmakers..you have to know the demographic this is aiming at, eh? Deathstalker also faces other traps, like one inside a mausoleum where Jarek has designed a wall of spikes coming towards him as Reena faces off with a horde of zombies. Reena hangs over a cauldron as Deathstalker has to come to her rescue while trying to defeat Sultana in a swordfight. You have a finale at the Princess' castle as the Amazonian women tribe, who decide to help Deathstalker and Reena after all, assist them in a fight against Jarek and his guards while Evie plans to kill her "sister".
Director Wynorski operates with NRN:No Restraint Necessary. This is a complete send up of the "swords, sandals, and sorcery" genre that was successful at the time. Tongue just isn't firmly in cheek..it's wagging. And, as expected in a film from Jim Wynorski, you get plenty of tits. Monique Gabrielle doesn't try to act and knows the film is ridiculous so she just plays along with the material as does Terlesky as the mugging hero, all chiseled smiles. Neither hides the fact that they're in a silly film..this will, no doubt, drive some people up the wall(..I can't say I'd blame them, but I knew what I was getting into and the opening minutes lets you know the brand of entertainment in store for the viewer the rest of the way.). I watched this nonsense in the right frame of mind so it went over without a hitch. Naples and Socas are merely eye-candy, as is Gabrielle who looks fantastic, even if she's not exactly the greatest on-screen performer in the world. The very definition of a guilty pleasure..some will find it incredibly annoying, but I just took it with a grain of salt and had a good time. I swear that "whishing" sound effects as swords move in combat, sound like something out of the "Masters of the Universe" cartoon. Whoever choreographed those sword fighting scenes, must have done it for free(..and especially the bar fighting scene and cave fighting opening scene)because they don't look that convincing to me..perhaps, like the rest of the film, Wynorski is winking at us that this flick isn't supposed to be convincing, but pure schlock. If that was his intent, constantly winking at us, he succeeded.