Now, I will not understand why they opted to go with John Terlesky in the role of Deathstalker in this 1987 "Deathstalker II" movie. He just was nowhere near what Rick Hill is in portraying the Deathstalker character.
As much as I enjoy the sword and sorcery genre, then this movie was just an ordeal to get through. Sure, it had a fair enough storyline, although it was quite generic for the genre. However, it was the cheesy 1980's music, which didn't correspond well to the sword and sorcery genre at all, and it seemed more at home in a movie like "Beverly Hills Cop" or something like that. But also the fact that they hadn't improved on the props one bit since the first movie; the rocks were still unfathomably fake to look at and the swords, well let's just say that they were laughable. Or maybe it was the fact that most of the costumes looked like a bad Halloween dream made flesh, wow, just wow. So many of the costumes were really awful to look at, and many of them actually looked like a rock concert gone awry.
Or perhaps it was the lack of proper acting from anyone on the cast. I will say that John Terlesky managed to hold his own, but still his performance was not impressive. But the icing on the cake had to be the acting performance by Monique Gabrielle. That was simply just outrageous. I think I actually never witnessed anything quite like it.
"Deathstalker II" is a poor sequel to the 1983 movie. And having seen it, I can check it off the list, and never make a return trip to it again. It was just a blemish on the "Deathstalker" saga.
The sole reason for my three out of ten stars is because the movie does hold some good elements crucial to a good sword and sorcery movie.
This is a movie to give a wide berth, because your love for the sword and fantasy will not be particularly enriched from having watched this movie, not in the least.
As much as I enjoy the sword and sorcery genre, then this movie was just an ordeal to get through. Sure, it had a fair enough storyline, although it was quite generic for the genre. However, it was the cheesy 1980's music, which didn't correspond well to the sword and sorcery genre at all, and it seemed more at home in a movie like "Beverly Hills Cop" or something like that. But also the fact that they hadn't improved on the props one bit since the first movie; the rocks were still unfathomably fake to look at and the swords, well let's just say that they were laughable. Or maybe it was the fact that most of the costumes looked like a bad Halloween dream made flesh, wow, just wow. So many of the costumes were really awful to look at, and many of them actually looked like a rock concert gone awry.
Or perhaps it was the lack of proper acting from anyone on the cast. I will say that John Terlesky managed to hold his own, but still his performance was not impressive. But the icing on the cake had to be the acting performance by Monique Gabrielle. That was simply just outrageous. I think I actually never witnessed anything quite like it.
"Deathstalker II" is a poor sequel to the 1983 movie. And having seen it, I can check it off the list, and never make a return trip to it again. It was just a blemish on the "Deathstalker" saga.
The sole reason for my three out of ten stars is because the movie does hold some good elements crucial to a good sword and sorcery movie.
This is a movie to give a wide berth, because your love for the sword and fantasy will not be particularly enriched from having watched this movie, not in the least.