Son of Samson/Son of Cleopatra
by Carlo Campogalliani, Ferdinando Baldi
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Actor: Angelo Zanolli, Carlo Tamberlani, Chelo Alonso, Federica Ranchi, Mark ForestDirector: Carlo Campogalliani, Ferdinando Baldi
Brand: Image Entertainment
Writer: Ferdinando Baldi
Producer: Anacleto Fontini
Writer: Anacleto Fontini
Writer: Ennio De Concini
Writer: Franco Airaldi
Writer: Oreste Biancoli
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Image Entertainment
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Movie Review: Demigods of the Desert
Summary: 5 Stars
Retromedia (a subsidiary of Image Entertainment) has provided an excellent double feature of sword and sandal films. Both "Son of Samson" and "Son of Cleopatra" are primo examples of their genre. Both have plots that are surprisingly intense and violent, resplendent with scenes of beauty and barbarism. Kudos to Retromedia for an outstanding job in restoring the main attraction, "Son of Samson," to its original brilliance. It is presented in super widescreen of 2.35:1. "Son of Cleopatra" has a full screen presentation but the print is excellent considering that it is a bonus feature. In both films, the setting is the deserts of Egypt and the heroes, Maciste and El Kabir, deliver their people from enslavement and oppression.
In "Son of Samson," professional body builder and physique model, Mark Forest (real name Lou Degni), stars as Maciste. Throughout the film, he wears only a yellow towel knotted around his loins. You'd think after a few days it would start to smell. Nevertheless, the women can't keep their eyes (and hands) off his muscular torso. Especially the diabolically evil Queen Smedes, excellently portrayed by the gorgeous Chelo Alonso. Together, Forest and Alonso make an extremely attractive couple. Maciste pretends to fall under her bewitching spell so that he can foil her plans for selling Egyptian peasant women into slavery.
In "Son of Cleopatra," the charming Mark Damon stars as El Kabir, the prince of an Egyptian tribe of nomads. However, he has always realized that he is different from his more muscular, darker complexioned brothers. When the Egyptians are being slaughtered and enslaved by the Romans, he comes to their rescue. Soon, the plot becomes more complicated when he begins to fall in love with the daughter of an evil Roman dictator. Though Damon doesn't have the bodybuilding physique of Mark Forest, he is every bit as charming and handsome. He gained great notoriety for his starring role in Roger Corman's "The Fall of the House of Usher," which costarred Vincent Price.
Fans of sword and sandal (peplum) features will enjoy this double feature. It is certainly a must have for fans of the legendary Mark Forest. Other films that you must see are: "Hercules Against the Mongols," "Kindar the Invulnerable," "Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules," and "Goliath and the Sins of Babylon."
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