Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

dworldeater The Beastmaster is a classic fantasy adventure movie from writer/director Don Coscarelli. Known previously for his independent horror classic Phantasm. Beastmaster is Coscarelli's first bigger budget studio picture and one of his only movies not to cast Reggie Bannister. Even without Reggie, the film kicks serious ass. Marc Singer is great as our hero Dar, The Beastmaster. Singer went out of his way to be in amazing shape and is totally ripped. What he lacked in acting ability he makes up for with athletic prowess, charisma and one sick mullet! In addition to being a powerful warrior, he has the skill to befriend animals. The animals help him on his quest to liberate the kingdom from evil priest Maax and repel The Jun Horde. Maax is a great villain played by the legendary Rip Torn. Tanya Roberts is slave girl Keirie, love interest for Dar and eye candy for the male hetro audience. John Amos, best known as Cleo McDowell in Coming To America is strong support and gives a great performance. The film looks great and was shot by Academy Award winner John Alcott. Alcott won the Academy Award for best cinematography on Stanley Kubrick's classic Barry Lyndon. The F/X look good as well and there is a lot of great action as well. Unlike many similar genre films that came out during the same period, The Beastmaster is a bloodless movie and is family friendly without being corny. That feat was one many movies can't manage, especially the sequel to Conan, Conan The Destroyer. The Beastmaster took in little money at the box office when it was released. However, it blew up when it came out on cable and home video. Since then it has found its audience and is a cult classic that holds up well. The sequels, to the best of my memory are real bad and do not involve writer/director Don Coscarelli. Had he been involved, the sequels would have been better. Even so, this film is still awesome and a classic.

montferrato I felt very nostalgic when i watched again this one many years later. The Beast Master is a great movie, they do not do this again, and they should. Less CGI and more plot and script¡¡¡¡¡ The actors are a bit campy, and for moments even surreal. But they are very likable and go very well with the story. There are beautiful women, evil sorcerers and wizards, demon-like hybrid fighters, ancient warriors, a touch of magic, just enough violence without being too gorish, and a pack of funny animals who are just an integral part of the movie.This is a movie without pretensions, just pure entertainment. I wish they could make more like this.

InakiArias Let's start saying that this movie is getting old badly. It is a low Budget film and compared with AAA films of that time like the first Indiana Jones it's easy to appreciate that they don't play in the same league. Cheap scenarios and costumes, poor cinematography... The story is simple, dialogs are plain and some of battle scenes are laughable (of course, in 2013).However this movie has something that the most of our days films lack: magic, charm and entertaining capability for all the family. This movie is full of magic from the beginning until the last scene. There are a lot of ridiculous scenes or situations which you forget immediately because of the enormous sense of magic and good feeling of this film.It's very hard to explain, but there is something that evolves you and captures your full attention.I can conclude saying that this film is as wonderful and great as technically bad, but always worth of your time.

pcsarkar Story? Hey.. we have already seen Conan, The Barbarian, right? So whats new here? The acting? Zilch. Special effects? Zero. Female presence? Boring. The Beastmaster himself? Ineffectual - who must rely on two ferrets to do his job for him. I fail to understand if this film was targeted at kids or at adults? The hero is off to search for his enemies as usual. His travails, pointless fights and harmless flirtations fail to bring any sort of expression on his face, any fatigue of his body or any wear / tear of his garments. Even after emerging from vicious fights, somehow his doesn't ever have a scratch or dust on him. Truly a superman. But he does forget his parents, his village and his heritage, once he comes across a slave girl. Then its the girl all the way. Poor dude.. spoilt for choice, he falls flat for an expressionless female, because he hadn't seen any female in the buff for so many years. The villain is OTP and the side kick has to be a black. I am yet to see a film, in which the hero is a black and the side-kick is white.The pacing is slow, and there appear to be gaping gaps in the editing. Some of the sequences seem pointless, e.g. the dude comes across a cauldron with a human head floating in it.. Some black magicians appear.. a dwarf gets killed.. and then?? Then nothing.. The hero wakes up somewhere, all nice and shiny as usual. With a great smirk, as he is wont to be. Jesuz. The ferrets steal the show. The painted tiger lumbers about. The falcon cheeps like an eagle. And a rather adorable dog dies early in the proceedings. Comparing this film with Conan is an insult to Conan. Actually slept nicely after seeing this. Afterall, there was nothing in this film to excite my senses or keep me awake at night.