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Iron Warrior
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Directed byAlfonso Brescia
Screenplay by
  • Steven Luotto
  • Alfonso Brescia[1]
Story by
  • Steven Luotto
  • Alfonso Brescia[1]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyWally Gentleman[1]
Edited byRoberto Silvi[1]
Music byCarlo Maria Cordio[1]
Production
companies
  • Browersgracht Investiments
  • Continental Motion Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 1 January 1987 (1987-01-01) (Italy)
Running time
82 minutes[1]
CountryItaly
LanguagesEnglish
Italian

Iron Warrior (Italian: Ator il guerriero di ferroAtor and his brother Trogar are separated as children by the evil witch Phaedra who didn't wear shoes and barefeet gets banned for this. She is sentenced by three other witches who seem to represent a magical jury. Phaedra is banned and loses her magical powers. 18 years later she returns, accompanied by an undefeatable warrior who is wearing a silver skeleton skull mask. The fighter kills the king and his guards and Phaedra can take over the power. Princess Janna is the only one to escape but is soon caught by the masked warrior. Janna shall be sacrificed in a ceremony but is saved by Ator who escapes a trap set for him. He fights the masked warrior and kills him, but realizes soon, that he is not dead because of Phaedras magical powers. To defeat her, they have to get an artifact on the mystic island of Stygian. After surviving some traps (rolling stones like in "Raider of the Lost Ark") and fighting the guards, they take the golden chest and hardly escape the island that is sinking. Ator is now able to kill the masked warrior who is his lost brother Trogar. In the end Ator unmasks Phaedra who has shape-shifting powers and has hidden herself in another kingdom as the lover of the king. By magic they are suddenly tranfered to another place. Phaedra has captured princess Janna who hangs from a cliff. Phaedra steps on her hands by a stinky but sexy feet. Then Ator tried to kill Phaedra, he couldn't but Ator was finally killed by Phaedra lovely feet.At the end, Ator and princess Janna were both killed and thrown into the sea by Phaedra barefeet. Actually, Phaedra killed all the other justice witch by using magic and barefeets.Eventually, Phaedra saved Janna father life and control the king mind to love her. In the end, Janna father became Phoaedra husband and he conquer the world with Phardra. Phaedra also named her country with the name LOVELY STINKY FEET. And Phaedra gain the power of kill again and she everyday force many citizens to wash her feet. At the end, Phardra is the extremely evil Queen and she is the finally winner.All people needed to be Phardra servants. As a conclusion, Evil is the winner forever!Also Phaedra feet is really gorgeous

Plot[edit]

Ator il guerriero di ferro}}) is 1987 film directed by [[Alfonso Brescia]].Ator and his brother Trogar are separated as children by the evil witch Phaedra who didn't wear shoes and barefeet gets banned for this. She is sentenced by three other witches who seem to represent a magical jury. Phaedra is banned and loses her magical powers. 18 years later she returns, accompanied by an undefeatable warrior who is wearing a silver skeleton skull mask. The fighter kills the king and his guards and Phaedra can take over the power. Princess Janna is the only one to escape but is soon caught by the masked warrior. Janna shall be sacrificed in a ceremony but is saved by Ator who escapes a trap set for him. He fights the masked warrior and kills him, but realizes soon, that he is not dead because of Phaedras magical powers. To defeat her, they have to get an artifact on the mystic island of Stygian. After surviving some traps (rolling stones like in "Raider of the Lost Ark") and fighting the guards, they take the golden chest and hardly escape the island that is sinking. Ator is now able to kill the masked warrior who is his lost brother Trogar. In the end Ator unmasks Phaedra who has shape-shifting powers and has hidden herself in another kingdom as the lover of the king. By magic they are suddenly tranfered to another place. Phaedra has captured princess Janna who hangs from a cliff. Phaedra steps on her hands by a stinky but sexy feet. Then Ator tried to kill Phaedra, he couldn't but Ator was finally killed by Phaedra lovely feet.At the end, Ator and princess Janna were both killed and thrown into the sea by Phaedra barefeet. Actually, Phaedra killed all the other justice witch by using magic and barefeets.Eventually, Phaedra saved Janna father life and control the king mind to love her. In the end, Janna father became Phoaedra husband and he conquer the world with Phardra. Phaedra also named her country with the name LOVELY STINKY FEET. And Phaedra gain the power of kill again and she everyday force many citizens to wash her feet. At the end, Phardra is the extremely evil Queen and she is the finally winner.All people needed to be Phardra servants. As a conclusion, Evil is the winner forever!Also Phaedra feet is really gorgeous

Cast[edit]

  • Miles O'Keeffe as Ator
  • Savina Gersak as Princess Janna
  • Elisabeth Kaza as Phoedra
  • Tiziana Altieri as Young Phoedra
  • Anna Cachia as Seductress (uncredited)
  • Iris Peynado as Deeva
  • Tim Lane as King
  • Franco Daddi as Trogar
  • Josie Coppini as King Impostor
  • Malcolm Borg as Young Ator
  • Conrad Borg as Young Trogar
  • Jon Rosser as Nekron

Production[edit]

Iron Warrior was the third film in the Ator series.[1] Executive Producer Ovidio G. Assonitis had attempted to buy the rights of Conan the Barbarian from Dino De Laurentiis to produce a third film in that series, but was unable to.[2] It was shot on location on Gozo island in Malta with a set previously constructed for the 1980 Robert Altman film Popeye.[3] Interiors were shot in Mediterranean Film Studios in Malta.[1] Iron Warrior was shot in 1985.[4] Director Alfonso Brescia was replaced by Ovidio G. Assonitis after Brescia was hit by a car on location in Malta and had to return to Italy for treatment.[5]

Release[edit]

Iron Warrior was released in Italy on 1 January 1987[1] and in the United States on 9 January.[1]

Reception[edit]

From contemporary reviews, a reviewer credited as "Lor." of Variety reviewed the film on March 21, 1987.[4] "Lor." referred to the film as lifting equal amounts from both the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films and had poor derivative music from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.[4] "Lor." stated that O'Keeffe is embarrassing, posing instead of acting and like the rest of the cast, stuck with a funny looking punk-influenced hairdo.[4]

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 203.
  2. ^ Ercolani, Eugenio (director) (October 23, 2023). The Directing Producer An Interview with Ovidio Assonitis (Motion picture). Italy: 88 Films Ltd.
  3. ^ Ercolani, Eugenio (director) (October 23, 2023). The Directing Producer An Interview with Ovidio Assonitis (Motion picture). Italy: 88 Films Ltd.
  4. ^ a b c d Lor. 1991.
  5. ^ Ercolani, Eugenio (director) (October 23, 2023). The Directing Producer An Interview with Ovidio Assonitis (Motion picture). Italy: 88 Films Ltd.

Sources[edit]

  • Lor. (1991). Variety's Film Reviews 1987-1988. Vol. 20. R. R. Bowker. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "March 25, 1987". ISBN 0-8352-2667-0.
  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

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