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Summary: One of my favorites!
Comment: This movie will not appeal to most viewers. However, I don't hold "most viewers'" opinions in very high esteem, and this movie is a good example of why. It was shot on an obviously tiny budget (check out those 'elephants'!) and has quite a thick layer of cheeze; in fact I originally picked up the VHS for $0.99 at Blockbuster thinking it looked like something that would fit perfectly on MST3K, and undoubtedly it would. I wasn't, however, prepared for such a fun and engaging movie! Almost everything about the movie, from the dialogue to the "special" effects to the costumes (one notable exception being the gorgeous locations, it was filmed in Custer National Park in South Dakota) is laughable, but is, like Lenzi's direction, none the less endearing. If you're seeking an antidote to the high-budget, star-studded, multi-million dollar pieces of crap that are floating around the toilet bowl of modern main-stream cinema then I recommend picking up Ironmaster. It's a beautiful, entertaining and engaging work in spite of all its many 'flaws'.
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Summary: ONE MORE THING...
Comment: There is nothing in the movie that looks anything like what's on the front of the box. The box looks like bizarre fantasy. The movie is strictly caveman.
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Summary: Italian-Made Heroic Caveman Schlock
Comment: Ever wonder how man discovered iron? Well it's pretty certain it wasn't this way.In this dreadful Italian-made "epic," an evil caveman is exiled from his tribe, but discovers iron in the aftermath of a volcano. With the help of a strange mystical woman, he learns to fashion it into a weapon, with which he raises an army and attacks the tribe. The hero winds up in a village of more advanced prehistoric people who presumably represent goodness and culture. Events of course lead to a climactic showdown and a moral lesson. There are no real surprises in this except how remarkably lame the script is and how bad the acting is. The fighting scenes are occasionally interesting, but it's really hard to imagine watching this whole movie for such a small payoff. Searchers for that great, groundbreakingly good caveman movie need not stop here. People who love chuckling at "spaghetti epics" will find some satisfaction.
I have seen three other movies, "2001, a Space Oddysy," "Quest For Fire," and "Caveman" (and I'm sure there are others) which have mined similar territory (prehistoric humans or pre-humans make a technological breakthrough). Two of them, though pretensious, were done seriously and the third was a total comedy. They were all done well enough to be taken on their own merits. This movie does not have the quality to be taken seriously, yet does not have the humor to be taken as camp.
