A young man who has been raised by a witch uses his claw-like hands to battle his enemies and rescue a princess. *This synopsis belongs to the sequel.A young man who has been raised by a witch uses his claw-like hands to battle his enemies and rescue a princess. *This synopsis belongs to the sequel.A young man who has been raised by a witch uses his claw-like hands to battle his enemies and rescue a princess. *This synopsis belongs to the sequel.
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Francis Mughan
- Aslan Adam
- (as Frank Morgan)
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Eris Akman
- Belisarius
- (as Erich Akman)
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- TriviaAt the end of this movie a third installment was announced called "Ring of the Magus", but this appears to have never materialized.
- ConnectionsFollows Kiliç Aslan (1975)
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My mane is true
If you love Turkish ripoff exploitation cinema of the 70s and 80s-most notoriously "Turkish Star Wars"-you have hopefully already found the original "Lionman," aka "Aslan Adam," known in some circles as "Turkish Tarzan." It is memorably goofy and energetic and ridiculous. It was also apparently a big success, because this sequel is comparatively "lavish," which by the standards of these movies means that they actually bothered to create original costumes and some actual sets and stuff.
Like "Lionman" it's also a laff riot, though surprisingly in creating a sequel they changed everything, most of all Lionman himself: He's no longer some swarthy Turkish guy but a very big, blond, beefy surfer-bodybuilder type who looks like Andy Gibb on steroids. Lionman still has a ridiculous "animal yell" (just some guy going "Arrr!", plus the sound of a lion's roar), swings on the occasional vine, and wears spiked boxer-glove "claws" (they look like giant oven mitts) but is otherwise less like Tarzan than Conan the Barbarian. And his adventures this time are much more in the sword-and-sorcery vein, particularly in that his nemesis is a beautiful "witchqueen" who's dressed like a total disco tramp a la early Grace Jones. Lionman's love interest is a big-nosed Shelley Duvall lookalike! Well, there's no accounting for taste.
There's a lot of beefcake (the witchqueen's right-hand-man is a buffed bald and bearded guy dressed in sort of a leather jumpsuit), horse riding, evil-spell throwing, spear tossing, comic-sidekicking (including a "muscle senior" called Chimp!), cheesy synth music, and hilariously dumb fighting action. This movie must have been made for the international market, since the terrible English dialogue ("Welcome Princess to the entertainment which you will so generously provide for us!") read on the soundtrack by very proper-sounding British dubbing actors actually more or less matches the lip movements of the on-screen actors.
I would love to know the story behind the making of this movie, since (at least according to IMBD) the director and lead actors seem to have never made anything else-they weren't even involved with "Lionman 1." Well, they sure made a memorable one-hit-wonder, even if most of them probably now hope the embarrassment is well behind them. The film ends with a teaser for "Lionman: King of Magus" (involving an evil ring a la "Lord of the Rings"), but alas, there is no evidence that movie was ever made. Too bad.
Like "Lionman" it's also a laff riot, though surprisingly in creating a sequel they changed everything, most of all Lionman himself: He's no longer some swarthy Turkish guy but a very big, blond, beefy surfer-bodybuilder type who looks like Andy Gibb on steroids. Lionman still has a ridiculous "animal yell" (just some guy going "Arrr!", plus the sound of a lion's roar), swings on the occasional vine, and wears spiked boxer-glove "claws" (they look like giant oven mitts) but is otherwise less like Tarzan than Conan the Barbarian. And his adventures this time are much more in the sword-and-sorcery vein, particularly in that his nemesis is a beautiful "witchqueen" who's dressed like a total disco tramp a la early Grace Jones. Lionman's love interest is a big-nosed Shelley Duvall lookalike! Well, there's no accounting for taste.
There's a lot of beefcake (the witchqueen's right-hand-man is a buffed bald and bearded guy dressed in sort of a leather jumpsuit), horse riding, evil-spell throwing, spear tossing, comic-sidekicking (including a "muscle senior" called Chimp!), cheesy synth music, and hilariously dumb fighting action. This movie must have been made for the international market, since the terrible English dialogue ("Welcome Princess to the entertainment which you will so generously provide for us!") read on the soundtrack by very proper-sounding British dubbing actors actually more or less matches the lip movements of the on-screen actors.
I would love to know the story behind the making of this movie, since (at least according to IMBD) the director and lead actors seem to have never made anything else-they weren't even involved with "Lionman 1." Well, they sure made a memorable one-hit-wonder, even if most of them probably now hope the embarrassment is well behind them. The film ends with a teaser for "Lionman: King of Magus" (involving an evil ring a la "Lord of the Rings"), but alas, there is no evidence that movie was ever made. Too bad.
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By what name was Lionman II: The Witchqueen (1979) officially released in Canada in English?
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