i really want to like vengeance of ursus but it basically a kid film . there nothing wrong with film aim at kid as long a it still treat it audience with a certain amount of intelligence . because this film be aim strictly at kid here and the writer write a script that full of easy and illogical contrivance . the movie suffer irremediably from it and no matter how much it try . scene like the old man be stab on the wooden barge and while everyone on shore watch on and yet no one notice what just happen . this set up the whole scene with the bad guy be try to kill princess sira when she on the barge with unsuccessful result because ursus be there . the whole scene be an obvious set up for facile heroic . one wonder why they even bother to kill her when ursus be there and visible for all and include the dumb villain and ready to save anyone in peril . and one wonder why they even bother to kill sira in the first place when the rest of the movie be about the villain and king zagro and try to force her to marry him . at one point and king zagro actually marry sira in a fake ceremony and with the zagro mistress standing in for the princess . the princess and mistress do not look a like so how do zagro get away with it . the mistress ( and bridesmaid ) wear a mask during the marriage ceremony . since when do woman and certainly royalty and wear mask on their so call happy day of their life . everyone think that be the real princess and they all rejoice in the new union of two kingdom . how easily dupe . if marry into a royal family be as easy a this and there would be hundred of king out there . ursus warn the princess father about zagro evil plot to marry her daughter and usurp his thrown . so what do the king do about this . he send ursus to the dungeon . when ursus escape from prison and the king be assassinate and ursus be find with the knife that kill the king . how many time have we already see this in other film . evil king zagro become king of lecca overnight . when zagro arrive at the new kingdom and he alone . no princess . the princess be not even there next to him and even if her father be just kill . you would think the populace would be a bit suspicious about zagro intention . their king have be assassinate and zagro be already there to take over and without the king daughter to mourn the passing of her father . i mean and come on . at one point and ursus have to prove he innocent and that he not the one who kill the king . so how do they go about this . by divine judgment and or in other word and force ursus to go through a series of feat of strength and like pull against an elephant . huh . that a way to prove his innocence . but then after survive those feat of endurance ursus suddenly tell the minister of the kingdom about zagro army wait in the forest nearby . when ursus make this announcement about the army and king zabro literally appear in the room and the whole kingdom be suddenly besiege by zabro soldier . this beg the question represent why do not ursus just tell the king about zabro army wait in the forest before be send to the dungeon . this would have prevent the king death and ursus imprisonment and those feat of strength that could have kill him . this be my first film star samson burke and i have to say that and physically speaking and he fit the bill for a s and s hero but the guy be kinda stiff . he stand in one arched position throughout the movie . he also look a bit ridiculous swing that fred flintstone papier mache club . no peplum star and include steve reef and look serious with one of those silly prop . the score be recycle music from other s and s film . the cast be the usual s and s actor and like livio lorenzon ( see in goliath and the sin of babylon and challenge of the gladiator ) and gianni rizzo ( the ten gladiator film ) . there also a kid and who annoy but he in one of the film best scene represent the kid hide in a vase and the leopard sniff him there . the other memorable scene in vengeance of ursus be the feat of strength . what a peplum without them . like i say before and the whole script be riddle with such silly contrivance that it be almost impossible for me to enjoy it but be a fan of s and s film and it watchable for sure and but then i would watch the cheesiest of them all and still be entertain . it just not the best of the bunch . btw and the title doesn not make any sense at all . there no vengeance in this story .