Best movie of this year hands down!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The Beastmaster is a film that, to me, was an instant classic. This movie had everything a young boy of the 80's could want. Action, swords, high fantasy, magic, an awesome hero, a sexy love interest (played by future Bond Girl Tanya Roberts), and really bad-ass villains. This was the kind of movie that you reenacted on the playground at school, the kind you acted out with your action figures. I can't tell you how many times me and my friends would play out the adventure of The Beastmaster!for more go to: https://latetothegame.blog/2017/09/28/key-movies-of-my-life-the- beastmaster-1982/

I can't believe this movie only rates a 6.It was surely the best of the 80s Sword & Sorcery flicks and IMO it should be judged against its own kind.The film features fantastic cinematography, great score, and a story that escalates rather than falls flat. There are emotional moments and funny moments and they flow, never feeling jammed into place but natural.Honestly, if you compare it to the likes of Deathstalker or Sword and the Sorcerer, Beastmaster becomes a case study on how to do this type of film the right way. It will always be a personal favorite of mine. Just ignore the sequels!

I missed out on seeing John Milius' s Conan the Barbarian at the cinema in 1982, but I did manage to catch Don Coscarelli's The Beastmaster, the other sword and sorcery flick that did the rounds at the local flea-pits later that year. With its star Marc Singer no match for the mighty Arnold Schwarzenegger in terms of sheer physical presence, and director Coscarelli working on a much tighter budget than Milius, The Beastmaster might sound like a pretty poor substitute, but I reckon it still rivals Conan in terms of pure entertainment value.Plot-wise, the films are pretty similar, the central character of both being a sword-wielding warrior seeking revenge for the destruction of his people by an evil sorcerer, leader of a fanatical cult; but where Milius's epic aims for the more austere epic approach, The Beastmaster constantly delights with an infectious sense of energy and humour, central character Dar's ability to communicate telepathically with a variety of animals leading to many of the films more fun moments (a pair of mischievous ferrets named Podo and Kodo regularly steal the show, although Rip Torn's Spock-style eyebrows, hook nose and natty skull-shaped hair bobbles gave me the biggest laugh!).Don't make the mistake of thinking that The Beastmaster is all harmless family-orientated fun though: Conan the Barbarian wins hands-down in terms of graphic violence, but Coscarelli's film still features a surprising level of nastiness and even a smattering of nudity: acid secreting bird creatures digest people alive, corpses are impaled on wooden poles, children are sacrificed, countless people die horrific deaths, and the very lovely Tanya Roberts, star of TV's Charlie's Angels, goes topless for her opening scene and leaves very little to the imagination for the rest of the film in some incredibly revealing outfits.

You know sometimes they make a movie on a budget that is so pitiful it shouldn't work, as in they haven't spent enough to make an impact. The beastmaster is the kind of movie that studios love because it cost about 4 million dollars to make and it works. I recently watched the directors cut with full commentary and didn't realise how involved this movie was to make. Very simple story, the lead character can communicate with animals and can see through their eyes, he uses this ability to avenge his fathers death against an evil priest and a hoard of barbarians. Throw in a beautiful girl, a few witches and a couple of allies and you have a real winner. The thing to remember here is that most mega budget movies cost at least 25 million US then and this well it didn't (director commentary mentions about 4 million US) This movie is still regarded as an absolute classic and I was raised on this film. HBO became known as Hey Beastmasters On it showed this so often. So if you like sword and sorcery and beautiful heroines and etc etc. You'll love this movie.Enjoy