A post-apocalyptic world, in which there are three tribes, living in
primitive conditions: There are the Selenians, a tribe of mostly women,
the Tazalis, a mostly male tribe, who are considered as barbarians and
brutes by everybody else, and the Senkas. One day, the Tazalis attack a
group of Selenians and kidnap them to have fun with them later. Tilar, a
Senka living with the Selenians, is sent out to kill Gorgo (Mariano Vidal
Molina), the leader of the Tazalis, to end kidnappings like this, but he
rides into an ambush and is murdered himself. Tunka (Joaquín Gómez
Sáinz as Dan Barry), Tilar's brother, finds his dead body, and thinks the
Selenians have killed him, so he at first tries to attack them
single-handedly, after he learns the truth though he becomes their friend,
and promises to bring Seska warriors to guard the Selenians against future
attacks. However, the Selenians won't fight alongside just anybody, so the
Seskas have to undergo extensive testing before being accepted as allies.
While they are still tested, the Selenians' camp is attacked by the
Tazalis, but the Selenian women left in the camp put up much resistance on
their own to hold them off until their warriors with the Senkas arrive,
who chase the enemy away. Tunka decides to try and spy out the
Tazali-camp only accompanied by his midget sidekick Bambam, but he is
captured ... but rescued by a child, who seems to be the embodiment of
hope - or something. Back at the Selenian camp, Tunka gathers all men
and women willing and able to fight, and they attack the Tazali village,
free the Selenian captives and erradicate the Tazali tribe - however,
Gorgo and his treacherous second-in-command manage to escape. When
Conan the Barbarian hit
the screens in the early 1980's and became a monster success, exploitation
filmmakers from all over the world were quick to copy the concept and make
barbarian movies of their own - and it makes sense, too, these films are
formulaic, relatively cheap to produce, and at least back then they seemed
to have a ready-made audience. Some of these barbarian films from back in
the day were even good. Others not so. And Tunka the Warrior was
pretty much a bottom-of-the-barrel effort. Basically, the film looks cheap
even by barbarian cinema standards, and never even tries to make an effort
to make up for it. The fight scenes are boringly directed, lack any
dynamic feel and hardly qualify as highlights, the plot lacks narrative
buildup, the costumes fail to fit the plot, and star Joaquín Gómez
Sáinz fails to impress as a leading man. That said, you might want to
watch this for a laugh or two with a few mates and a few beers - but
you've probably had better laughs all the same.
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