Ancient Warriors

Starring:Franco Columbu, Daniel Baldwin, Richard Lynch, Michelle Hunziker, Andy Mackenzie, Iris Peynado, Michael Hartson, Lamont Johnson (II), Jarmo MÃ¤kinen, Ashley Drane, Stacey Longoria, Clive Riche, Matthew Sim, Anthony Rosselli, Larry Dolgin, Armando Pucci, Grady Allen Bishop, Bernt Amadeus Capra, Dante Mei
Director: Walter von Huene
Studio: Mti Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Special Forces Captain Aldo Paccione must pull together his former world team Delta Force and go deep within the mines of Sardinia when it is discovered that a vengeful band of mercenaries are developing deadly biochemical weapons!

But the mines hold more danger than anyone ever imagined and when a million years of angry souls are released into the mine, the warriors must wage a supernatural battle against the ultimate evil!

Features:

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Optional Spanish Subtitles

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Running Time 100 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

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Classic Grier
You Gotta Love the 70s -- Action - Nudity - Lust - Catfights
Pure Awful!
A must-be for Pam Grier-Fans
Not the greatest Grier...

The Arena (aka Naked Warriors)
Starring: Margaret Markov , Pam Grier , Lucretia Love , Paul Muller , and Daniele Vargas
Director: Joe D'Amato , and Steve Carver
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Classic Grier.......2005-02-10

I would only recommend this film
because it is an interesting alternative
to the usual scenery in which we are
accustomed to seeing Pam Grier.

Otherwise, it's stock 70's female exploitation,
in which Pam Grier led the pack. Very little plot:
exotic women are kidnapped from foreign locales and
are trained in the arena, where they put on spectacles
for eager, bloodthirsty onlookers. In the end, the fittest
of the fittest, Grier and Markov, are forced to fight each
other. Fight or die, one or both. In the end, they both
rebel and race for freedom while pursued by the emperor's
soldiers.
Not much else to it.
Even nudity isn't a plus here.

It was not until this film
that I noticed how extremely BEAUTIFUL
Margret Markov is. Whatever happened to her?

I think this film is worth the time, but I don't
think you'd want to buy it, unless you already have a
space on your DVD rack for once-viewed movies that will never again see daylight.
This would be one of those movies.

You Gotta Love the 70s -- Action - Nudity - Lust - Catfights.......2004-04-26

Two viscous catfights, three duels in the arena, a gladiatrix revolt, and a running battle through the catacombs as the girls escape make for plenty of action. Plus for Pam Grier fans, a full frontal nudity shower scene. The movie portrays them as playthings for the vicarious bloodlust of Imperial Rome, slave-girl gladiators forced to fight or die in spectacles of barbarous combat. Pam Grier and Margaret Markov head the cast of sweaty sword-and-sandal sisters.

Pure Awful!.......2003-02-11

Yeah I know that this was a "B" movie but this was a chore to watch! I purchased it hoping like every other male to get to see some great nude scenes of Pam Grier and the few nude scenes (only 2 of Pam) are not even worth it. The picture guality for a DVD left much to be desired. There was no plot whatsoever but then again this is a Corman picture. Dolemite movies don't have a plot either but I'd much rather sit through one of his ridiculous attempts at cinema than this stinker. Like Pam Grier? Get Coffy and don't waste your money on this garbage!

A must-be for Pam Grier-Fans.......2001-07-17

Every Pam Grier-Fan must have seen this film. The story is nothing special, but there are some nude-scenes worthseen. There is a shower scene with Pam Grier, in which she shows her pubic hair. If you are not interested in that scene, forget about the film!

Not the greatest Grier..........2001-07-12

If you're looking for a funky sleazy flick like Coffy you've come to the wrong place, as although this sand & sandals "epic" has it's fair quota of sleaze it's just not up to the Jack Hill standards.

Grier is great, as always, and Margret Markov gives good gladiator as well, but the film really starts to sag in the second half when it can't make it's mind up if it wants to be a tounge in cheek catfight movie or a serious Ben Hur style epic.

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Tsui Hark was supposedly inspired by the then-groundbreaking effects of the first Star Wars trilogy when he made Zu, a fantasy action film starring Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Brigitte Lin, and Adam Cheung. In a somewhat confused story line, a young soldier (played by Biao) stumbles onto a magic temple after escaping an all-out civil war battle between various armies. There he meets a magic swordsman (Cheung) and his disciples, who enlist him to help fight against the evil Blood Monster. They also run across a group of swordswomen and an ice goddess (played by Lin) who appear primarily to sprinkle in some romance and humor. The 1983 special effects look dated, but they were once revolutionary, this film forming the very first special-effects house in Hong Kong. And the playful spirit behind the effects hasn't faded. Demons (which look suspiciously like the Sand People in Star Wars) fly about in an impressive aerial ballet, and in another scene, an evil demon is bounced between pillars like a pinball. One of Tsui's earliest films, Zu is a good introduction to the fast and furious style of one of Hong Kong's most visionary directors. --Shannon Gee

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Some clarifications and a few interesting facts (warning: contains spoilers).......2006-11-24

ZU: WARRIORS OF THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN (XIN SHUSHAN JIANXIA, featuring Bridgette Lin)is a film dating back to the 1980's and is NOT to be mixed up with the much more recent LEGEND OF ZU (SHUSHAN ZHUAN, in which Zhang Ziyi appears), which appeared a couple years back, even though both are directed by Tsui Hark and both are supposed to be (I want to emphasize: SUPPOSED to be) based on a long fantasy novel entitled SHUSHAN JIANXIA (SWORDFIGHTERS OF MT SHU) by Chinese author Huanzhu Louzhu (also named Li Shoumin; 1902 ~ 1961). Many of the reviewers here seem to get mixed up between the two movies. By the way, the novel's not yet translated into English, sorry -- even though I'm perfectly confident it's more than a match for Tolkien's trilogy in terms of content. :p (Certainly the novel has exerted a tremendous influence on later Chinese swordplay fiction, such as the work of Jin Yong or Louis Cha.)

NEITHER movie is true to the original novel (which in my estimate would require at least five long films, serious). The films aren't even condensed versions of the novel. With both movies Tsui Hark has committed the unpardonable sin of whipping together a story with elements and characters selected almost at random from the novel, possibly even adding his own stuff, and naming the resultant hodge-podge after the novel itself. To give a couple examples of how Tsui Hark's movie departs from the novel, in the novel becoming a blood monster is a strictly voluntary matter; you must go through special training :p and can't become one merely by being 'infected' by a blood monster, as happens in the movie. (I don't remember the blood monster forming a coccoon of skulls around itself in the original novel, either.) Also, in the original story the green and violet twin swords were lost treasures discovered by accident by two GIRLS, NOT guarded by a female immortal who then handed them to two BOYS, as in the (earlier) film. And that's just two examples, mate.

So does that automatically make ZU: WARRIORS OF THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN a bad film? Yes and no. Yes, because it's nothing short of sacrilege to mar a work of literature in this way. No, because the film actually does have a lot of cool and spectacular effects, such as fighting with swords of lightning ;) and the visually impressive and lovely interior of the palace/fort of the 'Ice Queen' (though I doubt these appear in the novel at all), and the film's own plot is not too bad, either (I personally would have much preferred that the 'Ice Queen' could eventually cure the hero who turned into a blood monster, though). Tsui Hark has a very annoying knack, however, for rushing the story so much that all you have to do is blink and you'll miss out on a huge chunk of what's going on. Can't you have at least a few slower and calmer moments, for Heaven's sake? (This gets even worse in LEGEND OF ZU, so much so the plot is in danger of being utterly lost to the viewer.) Also, sometimes the acting just doesn't feel emotionally appropriate. When you learn that your beloved martial arts teacher is in danger of turning into a blood monster and no one can do anything to help, what would you feel? How would you act? The one playing the role of the teacher's disciple in the film acted like a stupid idiot at the point of learning that hard truth. Really. Tsui Hark really should have known better, for goodness' sake. Also, would you not feel at least some sorrow when learning of your teacher's death, even though he has turned into an evil creature? In the film, the idiot apparently didn't. Yeah, he died, now let's move on. Sure, right.

My overall assessment: superb graphics, passable plot, atrocious handling of human emotions. And that's not taking into consideration the violence done to the original novel.

A feast for the senses, an adventure for the spirit. Let yourself be enlightened........2006-10-13

The original Hong Kong version really is an incredible piece of work. I enjoyed the heck out of it. However it does require that you view it with a certain frame of mind. Most importantly you have to understand that it is not a character drama. There is little range of depth to any of the characters. They exist only to serve their various roles in the story. Think of it as if it were a legend passed down through the ages (like classic Greek mythology). In such legends you always hear the story told through a series of actions and outcomes. You're never given any insight into what drives the characters and we never see more than one side of them. They just represent these sort of unchanging idealized personas. The stories that come from this are fascinating nevertheless. So in this way The Legend of Zu is literally told in the style of a legend.

That said the story is actually quite awesome. The basic premise is again very, very similar to classic Greek mythology: There is a mythical mountain range in China called Zu. Its highest peak, shrouded in mists, reaches up into the heavens. This place is populated by immortal beings who, in their scattered temples, have devoted themselves to various schools of thought. Across centuries they've honed their skills in the martial arts and have attuned their spirits to the forces of the universe. It is their task to maintain order and balance in the universe so that man can live in harmony with nature. Their actions influence the fates of the mortals below. Trouble arises when an unstoppable entity of pure evil calling itself Insomnia threatens to overthrow the most powerful school in the heavens, the Omei clan, and throw the world into an eternity of discord.

The story is steeped heavily in Chinese lore so some parts are a bit esoteric, granted, but for the most part it's easy to follow if you can just keep up with it. There is a user on imdb who wrote "The most soulful, spiritual film I've ever seen," and I think I might have to agree with him. One of the more interesting aspects of the mythology is that just as the warrior has a spirit, so too does his or her weapon. As the warrior achieves mastery with the weapon their two souls act as one; until finally their sword is no longer a physical object but rather an extension of the warrior's own spirit, capable of unleashing devastating effects and allowing the possessor to fly. The weapons are all so unique in form and function that it makes the battle scenes quite unlike anything you've ever seen before in a martial arts film.

The visuals and CGI effects, while perhaps not up to the level of say Lord of the Rings, are utterly stunning to behold. Every frame is like a painting straight from the mind of a creative genius. Matched to the superlative audio the film is quite a treat for the senses. All of this carried along by an engaging, complex, epic narrative and we have ourselves a little gem of a film! But like I said - you have to be willing and able to both divorce yourself from western conventions and to appreciate the sensibilities and beliefs of a different culture. Step out of yourselves for an hour and fourty minutes and just allow yourselves to enjoy this fun, lighthearted spiritual journey into the world of Chinese legend!

Mystical Kung Poo with side order Nonsense!.......2006-07-05

Despite this movie being about 1. magic, 2. kung fu, 3. general weirdness and cheap funny props, 4. lots of flying in colorful outfits, 5. a spattering of cutie Chinese girls who also know magic- all of which attributes people who love kung fu think should/MUST be a really great combo- it was actually so boring to me (a diehard kung fu fan) and hard to follow that i didnt' want to watch anymore of it half way thru.

It looked like a high-budget Chinese kung fu fantasy film from the 70's. Oh wait, it was.

There was NOT a lot of fighting/kung fu, but there was a lot of flying around in funny colorful costumes and strange,convoluted dialogue.

I got the impression they filmmakers were trying for something really epic, an -alien- Chinese mythology that didn't quite have the neatly-packaged-story nature of familiar, Western mythologies. In short, it make no sense and didtn' try to explain itself (nor should it)! It was a good try tho and if I were Chinese and kind of weird and living in the 70s i'd think the movie is like Chinese star wars.
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One more thing:
They used saran wrap enshrouded with packing tape to depict large broken blocks of ice. I mention this to attest to the early Tsui Hark's innovative set design and creative props. It was a neat although distracting way to cut costs. Also worthy of mention in this regard is the fake, incongruent, drawn cartoon lightning interleaved with fancy acrobatics and disjointed dialogue.

If you want to see the special effects X-men should have had.......2004-08-07

This MOVIE is way ahead of its time. The special effects, or fireworks as some reviewers put it were well in advance of anything I've seen in Matrix, X-men, Hulk, Spiderman and the like. If your looking for a storyline, plot and all that pick up a book instead of watching a MOVIE. For action packed, VISUAL ectsasy this is one of the greats. CGI is the wave of the future for movies my friends. Hell, the CGI Smigel from LOTR almost got an Oscar didn't he?

Hard to Follow but Visually Stunning.......2004-07-19

This movie's plot is a bit hard to follow (or pay attention to ) but the action and effects are absolutely incredible! I bought this movie because I absolutely loved Storm Riders and was hoping this would be as good if not better. You are better off renting it if possible.

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The other reviewers are insane
bang for your buck and funny.
* PLEASE READ *
What the hell?
Awful, simply awful.

Ancient Warriors
Starring: Franco Columbu , Daniel Baldwin , Richard Lynch , Michelle Hunziker , and Andy Mackenzie
Director: Walter von Huene
Manufacturer: Mti Home Video
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ASIN: B0000CERI0
Release Date: 2003-11-25

Product Description

Special Forces Captain Aldo Paccione must pull together his former world team Delta Force and go deep within the mines of Sardinia when it is discovered that a vengeful band of mercenaries are developing deadly biochemical weapons!

But the mines hold more danger than anyone ever imagined and when a million years of angry souls are released into the mine, the warriors must wage a supernatural battle against the ultimate evil!

Features:

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Trailers
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Running Time 100 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

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The other reviewers are insane.......2006-05-05

Hello, after reading the comments from the apparently misinformed other reviewers i just had to come and write my own mini-review, this series is television documentary series run on the discovery channel about specific types of "ancient warriors" the episodes that i have cover the celts, vikings, romans, egyptians, assyrians, spartans and macedonians. The series overall is excellent, well worth watching if your a history buff interested in ancient warfare, the other reviewers babbling about machine guns and skeletons are just very confused and must be reviewing the wrong product.

The series goes quite into depth about tactics, dress and leadership of the different armies with colorful re-enactments from the period, overall a good buy.

bang for your buck and funny........2005-08-04

I read the other reviews of Ancient Warriors and couldn't disagree more strongly. Ancient Warriors is admittedly low-budget, but the action moves along throughout and there is more humor in here than in most action movies. Richard Lynch is solid as always, but his son, played by Andy Mckenzie, gives an even stronger performance as a tortured, put-upon offspring trying to be bad enough to please his dad. Michael Hartson was likeable as "Crunch," and he and Iris Penyado played off each other well with their psychic powers. I would have liked to have seen a bit more sexual tension between "Crunch" and the knockout babe Michelle Hunziker, but as it was the realtionship added to the movie without breaking up the flow. For her part, Hunziker was so good looking she could have stood mute throughout the film and I would have been satisfied. If you've seen any of his other movies, you know that Franco Columbu isn't an actor, but director Walter Von Huene gets more out of him than in other performances. If you think Franco is going to win an Oscar anytime this century, you need watch no further than about the fifth miute, where a wooden Franco barks out an emotionless "Papa, Papa!" when his dad is dying. This line rates high on the unintentional comedy scale. Still, Von Huene plays things out nicely during the whole film, gets a lot of laughs out of the script (which he co-wrote), and his helicopter explosion for a low-budget film was totally believable. If you don't expect this to view like a $120 Million film, I think you will enjoy the action and humor of Ancient Warriors. This is not the Citizen Kane of action movies, but if there is an Ancient Warriors 2, I will buy the DVD.

* PLEASE READ *.......2005-02-15

[...]

Ancient Warriors was a documentary series that aired on TLC/Discovery a few years ago. It contained great information on warriors such as the janissaries, the assyrians, the roman legionaires, and more. This set appears to include the episodes for the following: The Huns, The Spartans, The Ninja, The Celts, The Sioux, The Sammurai, The Vikings, and The Zulu. That's 8 episodes in all. This isnt the whole series though as it noticabley is missing: The romans, The Assyrians, The monks of shoa lin, the goths, the janissaries, The Macedonians/Alexanders army, the knights templar, and several more that I cannot think of.

The series was very well shot and featured great information and dramatic naration. There was a lot of depth in a short time span I believe 30 min per episode. It really was fantastic for anyone interested in history, military history, or the people covered by the series. I LOVED it. There is a box set similar to this one available on VHS from the discovery channel store but it varies in the episodes contained. I own that one, and it contains: The huns, The Shao Lin Monks, The Sammurai, The Goths, The Vikings, The Janissaries, The romans, The Spartans and the Macedonians. So while they share some episodes they both seem to offer ones the other doesnt have. I wish they'd release the WHOLE series as a DVD set!!

In short this is a rare and hard to find series that is FANTASTIC for anyone arm chair historians of all sorts. Teachers should note that they work well especially well in a classroom environment because they will likely catch the interest of students and are short yet very informative and accurate.

What the hell?.......2004-07-04

So the cover has some dudes with guns on it and a big skeleton skull with a viking looking helmet on. There is NEVER a single skeletal warrior in this movie. It's a bunch of fat, old, ex commando types getting revenge on some old guy. None of the actors know how to use a gun. People die constantly, and you never really figure out why.

Basically, this old guy gets killed, then his son gets angry, then the guy that killed his dad trys to kill him and hits his wife. Then the guy gathers up his fat friends to kill the old guy. However, the old guy they wanna kill is apparently trying to build some chemical weapon. I have no idea why they threw this in. It has nothing to do with anything. The guys that want the old guy dead don't even care about the stupid weapon.

Basically, this movie would never have been made if it didn't have some fat Baldwin that no one remembers in it.

Awful, simply awful........2004-01-19

The DVD box makes you think this is a movie about Delta Force against ressurected ghost warriors. In reality its about a bunch of overweight, out of shape ex-commandos running around with machine guns killing the same half a dozen stunt men over and over. The 'Ancient Warriors' of the title appear in the last 30 seconds of the movie. All they do is fade in, look mean and fade out again. Don't even waste money renting this one.

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Release Date: 2007-05-29

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Swords and Sandals fantasy, Giants of Thessaly predates Columbia Pictures' "Jason and the Argonauts" by a couple of years. Jason and Orpheus leave Thessaly on a quest for the magical Golden Fleece. While on their heroic adventures, they encounter an assortment of monsters, wizards and a conniving witch! The second film Sins of Rome retells the 1st-century B.C. slave revolt, which shook the Roman Empire to its core. The hero behind the rebellion is a Thracian slave, Spartacus (Massimo Girotti), who handles the role quite impressively. To enhance the story's romantic appeal, the scriptwriters have bestowed on Spartacus two leading ladies: Sabina (Gianna Marian Canale), the sensuous daughter of a Roman aristocrat, and Sabina's personal slave, Amitys (played by ballerina Ludmilla Tcherina). But beyond the romantic plot twists there is an abundance of gladiatorial combat and exciting battle scenes. Hercules and its sequel Hercules Unchained the one and only original HERCULES, starring the mightiest of Hercules, Steve Reeves ("Mr. Universe"), is a must for every fan of movie spectacle! This colossal, international box-office hit pits the legendary muscle-man against a rampaging Nemean lion, the dreaded Cretan bull, man-killing Amazon women and a ferocious dragon. In its mammoth sequel, "Hercules Unchained," Steve Reeves is back as the intrepid warrior. Robbed of his memory, he is a prisoner of the lovely Queen Lidia and must compete in the Contest of Giants for his freedom. In this adventure the intrepid warrior winds up fighting three tigers and a giant (played by the late wrestler Primo Carnera), and, in the climactic battle scene, pulls down three huge towers. Bonus Features: Scene Selection Menu| Photo & Poster Gallery| Trailers| Actor Bios Specs: 2-DVD9s; Dolby Digital Mono; 365 minutes; Color & B/W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1952, 1959, 1960; SRP - $14.99.

Treasure!: Mystery Gold Of The Black Sea Warriors

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Treasure!: Mystery Gold Of The Black Sea Warriors

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ASIN: B000E372MC
Release Date: 2001-05-05

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They were feared and ruthless warriors who challenged the might of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. According to Homer, they fought with the Trojans in the great conflict chronicled in the Iliad. And they left behind a legacy in gold that dazzles and confounds almost all who see it. THE MYSTERY GOLD OF THE BLACK SEA WARRIORS journeys to the coast of this inland ocean and into the rugged terrain of the Balkans on the trail of the treasures left behind by this long-vanished civilization. We'll examine the accounts written by their contemporaries for clues about what their society was like, and visit museums where their priceless artifacts are displayed, along with sites where new discoveries are coming to light. Lending expertise and insight to this quest are scholars like Carol G Thomas Johnson of the University of Washington and H. A. Drake of UC Santa Barbara. Prepare for a dazzling journey into the past as we go in search of THE MYSTERY GOLD OF THE BLACK SEA WARRIORS.

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Ancient Warriors
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Release Date: 2007-01-02

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Release Date: 2007-01-01

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