shlock merchant leo fulci take a change of pace by make a trashy and barely coherent sword and sorcery fantasy movie instead of his usual trashy and barely coherent horror . a wimpy orlando bloom type call ilias and from some society vaguely resemble ancient greece travel across the ocean to caveman territory on some vaguely define quest to battle evil and where he join up with a animal loving hunter to battle the wolf man and mutant minion of a vampiric topless evil sorceress . wackiness ensues . the sorceress and be oppress the local caveman and want the magic bow for herself . she send various minion and each weirder than the last and after our hero who win through in the end and strike a blow for oppressed caveman everywhere . this movie contain a steady stream of wtf . element and moment . for some reason the entire movie be shoot in soft focus and the picture be far blur by the constant presence of mist on screen . this may have be an attempt to create atmosphere or to hide how fake everything look . either way and it fail . there be no atmosphere and unless it be one of scuzziness and mild bewilderment and there be no hide how lame everything look . the wolf man minion look like a poor man wookie . for some reason the director fell in love with shot of them leap through the air in slow motion and six million dollar man style and toward our hero when they attack . there be probably about a dozen of these shot throughout the movie and it get goofy every time . the other minion of the topless sorceress and other than the generic leather clad human and be some lumpy white mutant who appear to be cover in cobweb . needless to say they be slow and unthreatening and when they speak sound like gay hispanic and lisping daleks . the fight be stilted and unconvincing and the special effect be woeful . oh yeah and the music be cheap synthesiser stuff that the maker of doctor who would have be embarrass to have use . ilias and our nominal hero be bland and forgettable . he also look a complete wuss and especially with his midriff reveal leather outfit and big hair and and be clearly a moron . sure and he a dynamite shot with his magical bow but he only take about three or four arrow with him in his mission to battle this entire continent of evil . needless to say he run out of arrow within a few minute and have to be save by more traditional sword and sorcery hero and mace . when he meet ilias he establish himself a the taciturn loner type and claiming he have no friend but no sooner can you say latent homoerotic subtext they be bosom buddy and traipse the misty hill together . mace promise to take ilias with him in return for bow relate favour . ilias ask where he be go . wherever my leg take me and be his reply . good enough for ilias . mace be also animal lover and outrageous hypocrite . he proclaim his great love of and affinity toward animal and cite the usual stuff about how he prefer them to human because human can be soooo mean . he say he would never hunt and kill an animal to fee himself but he will steal meat off other people who have hunt down animal . he be also not above randomly kill innocent passer by for no good reason . not long after they meet and he be test out ilias bow and the movie cut to some random caveman and mind his own business and walking along and mace shoot him dead . there be no indication this poor soul do anything to deserve this and even ilias and who supposedly hail from a more moral and civilised society doesn not even raise an eyebrow . the films villainess be quite unusual . for the entire movie she be completely naked except from a g string and a golden mask that encompass her entire head . it like fulci include her to make the movie obligatory t and a quotient but decide she be bit too much of a butterface at the last minute . she spend a lot of time seemingly be pleasured by her pet snake and dream about be shoot by a faceless bow wield man who be dress like ilias . wow and such symbolism . later on in the movie she wimps out when she can not beat ilias and mace and promise to make herself the sex slave of some ancient warrior dude if he kill them for her . hardly the world most scary villain and not really a step forward for woman right . i think he sic the cobweb creatures on our hero and impersonates mace in a situation where there be no no one else around but mace to fool . be he really worthy trade your self respect for and ocron . there be quite a few other wtf . moment . most of them come toward the end of the movie . ilias wusses out and i forget why and possibly his permed hairdo get mussed and but realize the error of his way and return to aid mace in fight the force of evil . all of a sudden and for no reason and his bow can suddenly fire out multiple target seek bolt of energy . the bolt can also shoot through solid rock when necessary . needless to say his make short work of the horde of bad guy who have capture mace . the climax be also rather nonsensical . mace decimate ocron remain force use the bow target laser attack capability . he then be able to shoot ocron from a kilometre away use it shoot through rock capacity . she start die . her mask be rip of reveal a hideous muppet head . she stagger around scream and turn into a dog and wanders off with another dog . mace smile . roll credit . strangely enough as far a these dodgy low budget sword and sorcery movie this one be reasonably lucid and focused . any one who have see wizard of the lost kingdom can tell you how nonsensical and meander these movie can truly be .