Right, well as much as I enjoy sword and fantasy, and having played roleplaying games for more than 35 years, then I actually never stumbled upon the 1984 fantasy movie titled "The Warrior and the Sorceress" before now late in 2022.
Of course I opted to sit down and watch it, but I have to admit that I wasn't harboring much of any expectations, given the fact that the movie was starring David Carradine, whom isn't exactly one of my favorite actors, nor did he really have that whole fantasy-vibe to him.
The storyline in "The Warrior and the Sorceress" is pretty straight forward, although somewhat too simplistic and mundane to really support 81 minutes of runtime. So writers John C. Broderick and William Stout weren't really churning out anything grand here, especially when taking into consideration that they were basing it on "Yojimbo" by writers Ryûzô Kikushima and Hideo Oguni. You could essentially leave the room with the movie still running, come back at a later point, and still be up to date with what was going on in the movie. Yeah, the narrative was that slow and with nothing overly thrilling happening, you were in no risk of missing out on anything if blinking a bit too long.
The cast ensemble in "The Warrior and the Sorceress" was pretty bland. I only recognized David Carradine in the movie, and he wasn't really cut out to be the leading actor in a fantasy movie. So I wasn't convinced here.
As for the movie's props, sets, wardrobe, etc., then it is pretty low key and low budget. Even the stones in the sets were painstakingly obvious made from styrofoam or something. The lack of proper effects, costumes, props, etc. Definitely took away from the whole fantasy-feel that a movie such as "The Warrior and the Sorceress" should be having to be convicing.
The movie's cover is ridiculous to look at; especially since David Carrdine is made out to look way more muscular than he actually was. And the was just something comical and goofy about the cover, but hey it was definitely in the spirit of the 1980s fantasy movies.
My rating of director John C. Broderick's 1984 movie "The Warrior and the Sorceress" lands on a three out of ten stars.
Of course I opted to sit down and watch it, but I have to admit that I wasn't harboring much of any expectations, given the fact that the movie was starring David Carradine, whom isn't exactly one of my favorite actors, nor did he really have that whole fantasy-vibe to him.
The storyline in "The Warrior and the Sorceress" is pretty straight forward, although somewhat too simplistic and mundane to really support 81 minutes of runtime. So writers John C. Broderick and William Stout weren't really churning out anything grand here, especially when taking into consideration that they were basing it on "Yojimbo" by writers Ryûzô Kikushima and Hideo Oguni. You could essentially leave the room with the movie still running, come back at a later point, and still be up to date with what was going on in the movie. Yeah, the narrative was that slow and with nothing overly thrilling happening, you were in no risk of missing out on anything if blinking a bit too long.
The cast ensemble in "The Warrior and the Sorceress" was pretty bland. I only recognized David Carradine in the movie, and he wasn't really cut out to be the leading actor in a fantasy movie. So I wasn't convinced here.
As for the movie's props, sets, wardrobe, etc., then it is pretty low key and low budget. Even the stones in the sets were painstakingly obvious made from styrofoam or something. The lack of proper effects, costumes, props, etc. Definitely took away from the whole fantasy-feel that a movie such as "The Warrior and the Sorceress" should be having to be convicing.
The movie's cover is ridiculous to look at; especially since David Carrdine is made out to look way more muscular than he actually was. And the was just something comical and goofy about the cover, but hey it was definitely in the spirit of the 1980s fantasy movies.
My rating of director John C. Broderick's 1984 movie "The Warrior and the Sorceress" lands on a three out of ten stars.