While TV would jump on the bandwagon in the airing of gladiator and sword and sandal films, 1965 was the end of an era for most of the franchise, and the craving for them came to an end. The magic was just gone, the stars were aging, and the box office was most likely declining in the decreasing markets where they were being released. Hollywood never stopped making epics, but they had the budget to create historical epics like "Genghis Khan" and "Marco the Magnificent" so films like this with cheap looking sets and little plot surrounding the action seemed like a waste of effort to continue.
Rock Stevens (real name Peter Lupus) is Goliath in this one, involved in the efforts to rescue a kidnapped princess. There's lots of action, boring exposition chat and long periods where it seems nothing is happening. Standing sets are appropriately used, and the costumes haven't quite yet worn out. But it's just your standard boring badly dubbed action film with costumes, and the lack of anything mystical (although there is a magician) makes it all seem much longer than it is and extremely boring. Stevens, like "Moon River", is impressive, with muscles that are "wider than a mile", and exotically handsome, but brings no magic to the screen other than that. One dimensional villains and bland damsels in distress add to the cliches. Definitely easy to pass on.
Rock Stevens (real name Peter Lupus) is Goliath in this one, involved in the efforts to rescue a kidnapped princess. There's lots of action, boring exposition chat and long periods where it seems nothing is happening. Standing sets are appropriately used, and the costumes haven't quite yet worn out. But it's just your standard boring badly dubbed action film with costumes, and the lack of anything mystical (although there is a magician) makes it all seem much longer than it is and extremely boring. Stevens, like "Moon River", is impressive, with muscles that are "wider than a mile", and exotically handsome, but brings no magic to the screen other than that. One dimensional villains and bland damsels in distress add to the cliches. Definitely easy to pass on.