It is the story of the queen-hungry power-hungry who captures the priestesses guarding . Gedren tries to find the mystic object that created the world and can destroy it, while in another setting, Vengeful Red Sonja tries to recover a magic ball from the evil queen. Things seem to be collapsing as the evil queen has killed her family and the warriors have already raped her.
It's a truly horrible concoction, filled with stiff, overly serious dialogue, wretched performances, bad lighting and a lazy score by the otherwise great Ennio Morricone.
Sure, there are a few funny moments here and there with several obviously intended jokes, but director Richard Fleischer never milks the elements of self-parody for what they're worth.
This is a sword-and-sorcery adventure for those who like their action fast and furious, their dialogue ropey and their acting filled with more ham than a butcher's shop.
Mr. Fleischer brings absolutely no playfulness to what might, at least, have been enjoyably light. And he brings out the worst in a cast that was ill-chosen to begin with.
Fantastica Daily
October 06, 2005
Unwatchably bad sword-and-sorcery nonsense.
People Magazine
July 14, 2015
The title sounds as if this movie is about a communist spy, or maybe a new flower. No such luck.
