Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
by Vittorio Sala
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Actor: Ed Fury, Rod TylorDirector: Vittorio Sala
DVD: Region Code 0
Format: NTSC
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-13
Studio: Synergy Ent
Movie Reviews of Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
Movie Review: " Your backhand is almost as powerful as your kisses."
Summary: 5 Stars
Glaucus and Pirrus are two friends returning to Greece from the Trojan War. Glaucus, played by Ed Fury, is the burly muscleman, a good natured one-man army. Pirrus, played by Rod Taylor, is the smooth-talking con-artist, more a lover than a fighter.
The two friends are drugged by some shifty merchants and sold to the Amazons as slaves. It doesn't take them long to ingratiate themselves to the Amazons and eventually shake up the entire Amazonian nation.
I have no idea how anyone could watch this movie and NOT understand that it's a comedy. It's full of slapstick, puns, punch-lines, and one-liners. There's a crazy Egyptian inventor who adds more comic relief. The music is more often than not entirely unlike the standard peplum sound track, with everything from ragtime to jazz to cha-cha. As a matter of fact the ubiquitous harem girl dance is presented as a combination sophisticated jazz performance and a take-off on a Buzby-Berkley number. Since this takes place mostly in Amazonian society the roles of men and women are reversed and you have the men staying at home and raising the kids, cooking, doing laundry and gossiping about each other. In its own way, believe it or not, it's also, a sex comedy of sorts. (No really!)
Eventually the men and women realize that they are better off living together as equals, once they team up to fend off a pirate invasion and Glaucus wrestles a bear.
Anyone who has a genuine fondness for peplums would really enjoy this movie. It doesn't take itself seriously at all. Instead it pokes a little fun at the genre. It's just good natured, self-effacing fun.
Summary of Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
Two heroes of the Trojan War are taken prisoner by an army of Amazons while guarding a valuable cargo. When pirates attack them, the prisoners and the Amazons take the same side.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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