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Good start, but then it gets ruined

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Queen Canary (Virginia Bryant) is captured by Kadar (Richard Lynch), who wears black so everybody can see he's the vilain. Two little boys from her people become slaves and later grow to become very strong men. Kutchek (Peter Paul) and Gore (David Paul) decide they'll rescue the queen better late than never, so about 20 years after her capture, the rescue team is on the way! Canary instructs the twins to get a certain magic stone first, and the quest for the ruby involves the usual challenges, from a tavern brawl to fighting a dragon in the swamp. Fortunately, they also meet a girl who does the brain work for them (Eve LaRue)...I watched most Italian barbarian movies of the 1980s, from "Ator" to "Conquest", but this one I missed somehow which is a shame because with a bigger budget than those, it looks fairly good, and since it fortunately doesn't take itself seriously, it is an entertaining entry in the genre. Realising the limited acting skills of the muscular twins in the lead roles, director Deodato changed the direction of the movie from violent action flick to comedy which was a wise move. Except for a few small gory bits (e.g. cutting off a finger to get a ring), you wouldn't think this is from the same director who shot 'Cannibal Holocaust'.

Hilarious and highly entertaining sword and sorcery action fantasy starring the infamous Barbarian Brothers. The Barbarian Brothers are gigantic, heavy metal bodybuilder twins that live up to their name. In this fun filled film, our heroes clobber the bad guys, flex and clown around a lot. Horror icon Michael Berryman of The Hills That Have Eyes fame makes a memorable cameo as The Dirtmaster, a slavemaster that tortured the brothers and turned them into angry barbarians. Richard Lynch(Invasion USA) is the main villain and the reason the brothers call to arms and take action. Directed by Ruggero Deodato of Cannibal Holocaust fame. The Barbarians has little in common with Cannibal Holocaust though. This feature is tongue in cheek, action packed and a lot of fun. Definitely recommended for fans of low budget 80's fantasy movies, The Barbarians is above average as well as outrageous and very amusing film. Awesome!

What makes The Barbarians awesome? I don't know where to begin. Perhaps one need look no further than the cast list. Look at those names! Gore! Canary! Dirtmaster! Fat Woman! Ghedo - Strongman! If those names alone don't make you want to see this movie, then you should just stick a finger down your throat in the hopes that you can purge yourself of whatever vile substance it is that prevents you from being awesome. This movie is frankly so soaking wet with kickassery, that I want to describe every bit of it. Instead I'll give a summary of the opening action sequence. An utterly synthtastic soundtrack chimes and this is where the film dares you not to conjure the image of a hair metal band on horseback with each master wearing neon spandex and brandishing swords of steel. The narrator tells us that this is an age in which man, woman and child are ruled by the sword! He says that this is a world of savage splendor. One imagines a time when upon delivering a newborn baby, the doctor would cut the umbilical chord with a battle ax. We see just how savage this world is when a traveling band of entertainers are set upon by jealous brutes, intent on expressing their intolerance for fruity circus folk. But these barbaric bullies are in for a rude awakening. It turns out that this is a time when theater geeks fight back. One after the other, the fiendish foes go down as they learn they are no match for the likes of the fire-breather and some Pee-Wee-Herman-looking guy who throws an explosive crystal ball. They even pull out an awesome crossbow that fires some kind of horse-tripper. And it does just that. I could go on, but I'm about to have a glorious orgasm simply from recalling the awesomeness. Anyway, you can watch the whole thing on youtube.

Coming at the tail-end of the sword-and-sorcery cycle spun off by CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982), I really did not expect much from this one and, frankly, only acquired it on account of director Deodato (whom I personally met in Venice)'s involvement. Noted for his unremittingly grim and stomach-churning cannibal movies, this at least exudes a sense of fun amid the intermittent savagery and inherently bleak setting (these were, after all, The Dark Ages). The end result, therefore, proves mildly enjoyable – if decidedly forgettable and still marred by Pino Donaggio's incongruous electronic score.Typically, the nonsensical plot centers around the good-vs.-evil contention over some magical artifact, whose secret is guarded by a princess who has taken refuge with a band of itinerant artists; among the latter are a trio of kids – two male twins and a female. The film starts off with the circus falling prey to an ambush by the chief villain (Richard Lynch)'s army of grotesques; they fight valiantly but still lose the monarch and children to them…though not before one of the boys has bitten off two of Lynch's fingers! Gradually, the latter is besotted with the caged noblewoman (despite having a harem of girls at his disposal!) and, while the enslaved boys are separately beaten and shaped into fighting machines, the little girl manages to escape their clutches.The years pass and the twins have unaccountably grown into muscle-men (though their behavior is bafflingly, and irritatingly, asinine!): each believing the other had been killed, they are surprised to find themselves engaged in a duel to the death (amusingly decked-out in an iron mask like the one worn by their individual tormentor!) in Lynch's arena – presided over by THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977)'s Micheal Berryman (who had actually already collaborated with Deodato on one of his cannibal epics i.e. CUT AND RUN [1985]). Anyway, the two escape and seek to rejoin the circus: along the way, they also meet up with a spirited female captive who is eventually revealed to be their childhood companion (though she is now known by another name). The barbarian brothers (actually, an alternate moniker for the film – incidentally, the opening credits supply not one but 3 consecutive titles!) go in search of weapons so as to re-enter Lynch's fortress and liberate the princess: to get them, however, they have first to win an arm-wrestling match with "Euro-Cult" stalwart George Eastman…where the loser is also prone to a bite from the latter's own snake! To cut a long story short, the all-important jewel had been hidden away in a swamp to begin with and, before long, the parties involved converge on that location only to be (predictably) met with a variety of monsters! In the end, the princess dies (Lynch himself expires when single-handedly taking on the twins at once) and, after the young girl's true identity has been established and the fabled diamond fits exactly into her belly-button(!), she is made her successor.