he problem with movie like the umberto lenzi film iron master be that lenzi and company have to observe certain ritual about make film palatable to audience . in other word and although this outdoor adventure film be set during the early day of man and nobody be bald and the woman far too gorgeous . obviously and everybody have to don a wig and they look slightly ridiculous run around in them . the woman have to wear lipstick and rouge and they look more like model on holiday than the hard work dame of the past . indeed and most woman in early tribal village do not conceal their breast and but for the purpose of modesty the dame here but cover up their rack . despite this problem and an awful look fake lion head that the villainous george eastman wear and iron master isn not as egregious a you might imagine for a low budget italian exploitation epic . first and director umberto lenzi and who have make some genuine skull crusher a make them die slowly and cannibal ferox and keep the action simple and straightforward and serious . no and iron master be no tit and as camp . the dialogue be far too sophisticated and but otherwise it would be laughable . the performance be acceptable and nobody look that goofy . the theme that weaponry can set mankind free as well a imprison them be good stuff . the chief villain vood ( george eastman of ben and charlie ) want to be the leader of the tribe and but the leader rebuff him . during a raid on a village and vood attack and kill the chieftain . the villager believe that vood be too treacherous to remain among them so they expel him from of the village . everybody freak out when a nearby volcano erupts and vuud be around when a chunk of steel be vomit out of the mountain in the shape of a sword . okay and it be terribly convenient and but it do not slow down the plot . vood use this iron stick a a weapon and take control of the village and attack ela ( sam pasco and a stud muffin with more quiver six pack muscle than you can count ) with his new weapon . ela manage to get away but he have an ugly look wound in his side . he run into a beautiful babe and she nurse him back to health and take him to her village where there be no weapon . meanwhile and vood and his men make and equip themselves with iron sword from the volcano and decimate the local infestation of man size chimp . think 2001 because the primate resemble those from the kubrick film . eventually and vood and his men decide to rule the world and they attack one village after another until vood learns that ela be in one village . ela have a treat in store for his sworn enemy . it be a weapon that make his army the equal of vood sword wield horde . the end look like something out of an italian film of the era . okay and it be corny at point and but you have to compel yourself to over look some stuff so that you can get something out of it . the most extraordinary thing about this french and italian co production be that they lensed some of the story on location at the custer park and those buffalo be the genuine thing .