In all honesty, there's very little to say about this undistinguished entry in the Sword and sorcery genre. Certainly, it never strives to be anything other than what its budgetary constraints limit it to be; a fairly uneventful fantasy tale ostensibly aimed at a younger audience.
Viewed in such terms, the film is, to be equitable, a fairly watchable romp with some pretty decent special effects, a number of fairly exciting action sequences and evidence of an asserted attempt by the filmmakers to flesh out the characters somewhat. Even so and despite the above, the film is only a nominally viewable affair at best for an adult audience at least.
On the other hand, one factor does stand out and that is the presence of Michael O'Hearn. This actor has the perfect looks, physique (a former Mr. Universe winner) and indeed physical moves (hell he can even act to!) to make it huge as an action star in Hollywood and yet, for some unknown reason has never been picked up for any major starring roles. It really is a crying shame that such a talent has not been given the recognition that he so deserves.
I recently saw O'Hearn in the awesome mock trailer, Worlds Finest in the role of Superman a role he was just born to play! Since then I have learnt that he actually went for an audition to play the iconic role in Superman Returns .and of course the imbeciles who run the show did exactly what I predicted they'd do .with the perfect choice to play the legendary Man Of Steel offering himself to them on a plate they instead gave the role to bloody Brandon Routh!!! For Christ's sake!
Viewed in such terms, the film is, to be equitable, a fairly watchable romp with some pretty decent special effects, a number of fairly exciting action sequences and evidence of an asserted attempt by the filmmakers to flesh out the characters somewhat. Even so and despite the above, the film is only a nominally viewable affair at best for an adult audience at least.
On the other hand, one factor does stand out and that is the presence of Michael O'Hearn. This actor has the perfect looks, physique (a former Mr. Universe winner) and indeed physical moves (hell he can even act to!) to make it huge as an action star in Hollywood and yet, for some unknown reason has never been picked up for any major starring roles. It really is a crying shame that such a talent has not been given the recognition that he so deserves.
I recently saw O'Hearn in the awesome mock trailer, Worlds Finest in the role of Superman a role he was just born to play! Since then I have learnt that he actually went for an audition to play the iconic role in Superman Returns .and of course the imbeciles who run the show did exactly what I predicted they'd do .with the perfect choice to play the legendary Man Of Steel offering himself to them on a plate they instead gave the role to bloody Brandon Routh!!! For Christ's sake!