sinbad and the eye of the tiger start with captain sinbad ( patrick wayne ) arrive ashore after a long voyage to see his friend prince kassim ( damien thomas ) and his sister princess farah ( jane seymour ) and however he discover that kassim have be transform into a baboon by his evil step mother zenobia ( margaret whiting ) use black magic so her son rafi ( kurt christian ) can become king . in order to prevent this sinbad agree to do all in his power to turn kassim back into a human be and see him take his rightful place a king of his land . first he must find a wise man name melanthius ( patrick troughton ) and but that be just the beginning of the journey that span continent and be full of danger and evil . this english production be direct by sam wanamaker and i personally like it a lot and i like all the sinbad fantasy film and this be no exception . the script by beverly cross and producer or special effect man ray harryhausen have a simple yet functional story and it have a villain and plenty of monster and mythical creature and exotic location and action scene and sword fight and black magic and a chess playing baboon and what more do you want . the film move along at a nice pace and be never boring or dull and provide terrific entertainment of the kind that will never be see again . the character be a bit on the thin side with only zenobia the villianess stand out a be memorable and the dialogue isn not great either but that not the reason you would want to see sinbad and the eye of the tiger be it . persoanlly i think it a magical and hugely entertaining fantasy adventure with plenty of monster throw in there for good measure . i really and really like it and it as simple and straight forward a that . director the late wanamaker seem an odd choice and he much more widely know a an actor and sinbad and the eye of the tiger be the only theatrically release film he ever direct and everything else he direct be make for tv . anyway and he do an ok job and he integrate harryhausen effect and monster into the action quite well although no one set piece really stand out a be brilliant and theyre all very good but not as memorable a some of the other monster and fight harryhausen create for some of his early film . i love the bronze minatour and he be easily my favourite creature from the film . the special effect do not hold up that well in the light of today multi million cgi effect but i would rather watch the magical work of harryhausen rather than a soulless computer graphic . interestingly sinbad and the eye of the tiger come out the same year a star war ( 1977 ) which probably put harryhausen out of business and just about end his career . technically the film be good and with nice location and decent effect and costume and set and production design . there seem to lot of vary location as well include the open sea and rocky mountain and a snow cover pole . the act isn not anything special apart from white who seem to be enjoy herself a she play it up a the villain . sinbad and the eye of the tiger be a terrific film and it have all the element one want in a fantasy film such a this . my only question be why be it call sinbad and the eye of the tiger . sure there a cool sabre toothed tiger in it but it doesn not have much significance and it eye be never even mention or have any relevance at all . this be the third and final sinbad film follow the 7th voyage of sinbad ( 1958 ) and the golden voyage of sinbad ( 1973 ) .