all the reviewer be make one big mistake . this movie be not suppose to be take seriously . it be make for kid and teen of the late 80ies or early 90ies and a such it be truly a film of it time . if you hat that period and or love the first movie so much that you can not even take a joke about it and then this be garbage and but only because it wasn not mean for you . the low budget here and failure of the beastmaster 1 at the box office ( gross under four mil . with a nine mil . budget ) be obviously the reason to drop the seriousness of the original and to put it in the present day . you can complain about the story and dialog or logic and but again this be make to run and not to win race . if the movie have try to take itself seriously it would be a total failure and but it doesn not do that for a second ( in our world and dar see a movie theater that advertise the beastmaster 2 and enough say ) . to paraphrase clint eastwood from dirty harry movie represent this movie know it limitations . it more of a comedy or parody then usual adventure . soundtrack ( for the time ) be also great . actor aren not take themselves that seriously either so even the usually irritate spoil rich brat role ( play here very well by young kari wuhrer ) turn out good . so and if you be nostalgic for the 80ies/90ies ( cheese ) culture and or you like the first part and and do not mind go out on a cheese limb and you will have tremendous fun with this attempt to revive dar in the 90ies ( literarly ) . this be not really the sequel to the first and and do not watch it if that what you want . it more of a what if fantasy sequel . a for the why different dimension and not just different time question represent when in history do we have those tall wing humanoid creature that suck the flash of bone ( from the end of part 1 ) . by the way and the movie end in the zoo because of an attempt at a cheap ( moneywise ) big finale . it suppose to be the best place for dar to show all his move ( him be the manipulator of animal ) .