Simbad, el rey de los mares

My review was written in March 1990 after watching the movie on Warner Home Video cassette.

Cannon's revamp of the "Sinbad" tale is an extremely silly effort made four years ago during Cannon's production boom, finally surfacing on video. It's too lowbrow for even young kids.

Lou Ferrigno, whose "Hercules" films are almost serious by comparison with this one, heads a mainly dubbed cast. Tale, purportedly based on an 1845 elaboration by Edgar Allan Poe of the "Arabian Nights" stories, is set in Basra, where evil wizard John Steiner has cast an evil spell over the city.

Ferrigno as Sinbad is sent on a quest to retrieve five magic gems from around the world to redress the balance of power. His journey takes him to the isle of Amazons, where he almost falls under the spell of Amazon queen Melonee Rodgers, to a hokey battle with ghost warriors on the isle of the dead. Poor climax has Sinbad fighting his double.

Besides the poor special effects and idioitc dialog, film is hampered by endless voice-over narration by Daria Nicolodi, to set it pointlessly in the frame of a mother telling her daughter a bedtime tale. Nice sets and costumes are all the pic has to offer.