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The Beastmaster
This '70's film is purely an entertaining romp. It starts out with an odd premise and an odd story, and it really doesn't ever leave that realm. There isn't much that sets this film apart, but it is a decent cult classic sort of film.
The story in this film is quite predictable. The bad guys do as expected and the good guys do more as expected. They do make it fun in some ways because of the main characters ability to talk/commune with animals though. Especially with the two ferrets which are just great characters and extremely friendly and funny. The ferrets do serve some practical purpose, but generally less of a purpose then the other animals that the Beastmaster communicates with. I feel like with this films story, that it was trying to be a little bit less B then a lot of the better cult classic films.
The acting in this film is obviously going to be sub-par. The main characters are all interesting, but the actors never really fit into their roles. The Beastmaster is a poor actor and it shows in the film. But then again, this is a B film and the acting isn't expected to be good. The one bad thing about the acting is that it isn't either good and worth watching or worth watching because it is bad. It is simply below average acting, and doesn't draw the viewer in one way or the other at all.
Overall this is a below average cult classic film. It has some elements of a cult classic film that it works quite nicely, the odd story and the ferrets are both very cult classic like, but there are a lot of misses as well that can't raise it up to a higher standard.
Overall Grade: C
Story: C-
Acting: D+
Audio/Visual: C
This '70's film is purely an entertaining romp. It starts out with an odd premise and an odd story, and it really doesn't ever leave that realm. There isn't much that sets this film apart, but it is a decent cult classic sort of film.
The story in this film is quite predictable. The bad guys do as expected and the good guys do more as expected. They do make it fun in some ways because of the main characters ability to talk/commune with animals though. Especially with the two ferrets which are just great characters and extremely friendly and funny. The ferrets do serve some practical purpose, but generally less of a purpose then the other animals that the Beastmaster communicates with. I feel like with this films story, that it was trying to be a little bit less B then a lot of the better cult classic films.
The acting in this film is obviously going to be sub-par. The main characters are all interesting, but the actors never really fit into their roles. The Beastmaster is a poor actor and it shows in the film. But then again, this is a B film and the acting isn't expected to be good. The one bad thing about the acting is that it isn't either good and worth watching or worth watching because it is bad. It is simply below average acting, and doesn't draw the viewer in one way or the other at all.
Overall this is a below average cult classic film. It has some elements of a cult classic film that it works quite nicely, the odd story and the ferrets are both very cult classic like, but there are a lot of misses as well that can't raise it up to a higher standard.
Overall Grade: C
Story: C-
Acting: D+
Audio/Visual: C