Friday, February 20, 2009

The Invincible Barbarian (1982)

aka Gunan il Guerriero

Oh Barbarians, what ever will we do with you? When an evil ruler hears that an invincible barbarian is about to be born in a small village, he decides to kill everyone . Unbeknownst to him, twins were born and put into the river ala Moses in the bullrushes.

When the twins grow up, they compete to see who is the true invincible barbarian. The evil ruler is still trying to find them, even though he only thinks there is one child. The barbarians are supposed to be young men - do they look like young men? No. No they don't. I'm not sure how old they are supposed to be, but these guys are closing in on fifty and the dark haired twin looks much older than the other twin.

This ridiculous film is filled with bad wigs, slo-mo barbarian twin competitions, a nubile young thing who falls for our old young barbarian, footage shown repeatedly, and tons of padding when we get an intro about the evolution of the planet. Only for barbarian enthusiasts who have seen all other barbarians movies.



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