Ator, the Iron Warrior Review

Seriously, can the third movie be as bad as the other two?! Let’s find out!

The Scores

Interest: 5/10

Acting: 5.5/10

Storyline: 6/10

Intensity: 6/10

Fights Guns or Otherwise: 5/10

Nudity: 0/10

Director Score: 6/10

Musical Score: 6/10

Dialogue: 6/10

Logic In The Film: 6/10

Ator, the Iron Warrior is a 1987 film (Also known as just the Iron Warrior). The films run time is one hour and twenty-two minutes. It is an action adventure drama. The three main stars are Miles O’Keeffe (Known for The Blade Masters, Ator, the Fighting Eagle, Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Pocahontas: The Legend), Savina Gersak (Known for Sonny Boy, Ator, the Iron Warrior, The Lone Runner, and Midnight Ride), and Elisabeth Kaza (Known for Ator, the Iron Warrior, Rosebud, Castle Freak, and Mr. Klein). Alfonso Brescia is the director this time (He is known for The Magnificent Gladiator, Super Stooges vs the Wonder Women, Ator, the Iron Warrior, and Beast in Space). A quick summary of the film is “Ator, without his sidekick Thong, returns to Dragor to battle with Phaedra the evil sorceress. She uses an unstoppable warrior know as the Master of the Sword, who continually draws with Ator. And finally reveals who he is, and has a connection to Ator.” Let’s take a look at the categories.

Interest: The interest the movie had, was actually decent. The movie this time around understood action, understood people (to some extent) and really did some great things. But on the other hand the movie added things (assuming this was a true sequel to the first two) that made no sense whatsoever. If it is an offshoot film with the same characters then it in some strange logic, makes sense.

Acting: The acting in the film is actually better than the first two movies combined. They understood (to some extent) How people act and deal with things in the real world (or their world) and it just made the movie more enjoyable. There were still goofy moments in it, and made you go “What the hell are you doing?” but it was still better than the whole movie feeling that way by a long shot. No one gave an Oscar worth performance by any means either, it just wasn’t so bad that I wanted it to end.

Storyline: The storyline made sense, assuming you let go that the first two movies happened in the first place (and to be fair The first two movies aren’t fantastic.) but even if it didn’t make logical sense with the movies that came before it, the movie was fun and progressed well, and if you look at it as a standalone movie, it works well.

Intensity: Ator, the Iron Warrior, has some moderate intensity. And especially compared to its predecessors. As a movie on its own though it still falls somewhat flat. The action is better in this movie, with actual fight sequences with swords and horses and bows. Saving someone is on the line, but still feels rather bland and mundane.

Fights, Guns or Otherwise: The Fights in this movie was exactly what I was looking for from the get go of this series. Some blood and gore, and some clever uses for swords and magic and shields. The choreography was much improved over the other two films. This being said, they still aren’t great scenes by any means, but much better than the first two. Actual verbal lashings were also something that raised to some degree, but still not reaching average standards. And PTSD, or some long lingering effects still don’t exist, but I’d never really expect a movie like this to actually have such a thing in it.

Nudity: The film has no nudity in it. And there could have been a spot or two where they could have had some, and it makes sense in the story. But hey there isn’t any and that’s totally okay.

Director Score: Alfonso Brescia while not making any great films I can see from his Filmography, knew how to make an entertaining B-movie so it seems, and this also seems to be one of his last films he made. He made an excellent design choice, casted the right people for the right roles, and turned a screenplay into something that the previous two movies couldn’t do. Honestly, after watching the first two movies, I find this to be a remarkable feat, and I commemorate him, for turning a confused and pretty bad series of films, into something that may actually be worth looking at.

Musical Score: The musical score of the film is very ambient, and makes you feel the film, as you view the film. It wasn’t fantastic, but it is pretty good for what I am used to from the other films in this series.

Dialogue: The way in which the people in the film is actually semi-good. The information that they convey is good, they keep their accents. The dialogue also helped the movie move along, but wasn’t such a heavy reliance on it being the only thing that moves the story and movie along. I kind of ended up liking it.

Logic in the Film: The logic in the film was decent. Now I stated before the film takes great liberties with the original stories, almost disregarding what has happened until now in the story, such as Ator having a brother. But as a standalone film, it is pretty good and doesn’t have anything to glaring as a problem on the surface, but don’t think the film is deep either. Since they introduced magic, physics are a little harder to pin down, but all in all, it was good.

Did I enjoy them film? Some yes. Do I recommend it? Ehhhh maybe. It would be more fun to rip on than the other two movies because they were to me a lost cause that wasn’t fun in any way imaginable. This film you could enjoy if you like bad movies, or make fun of it, it works both ways, I give this film a 51.5%. The best one in the series by far! Well Until Next Time!