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Sinbad and the War of the Furies
Sinbad and the Clash of the Furies
USA 2016
produced by David Michael Latt, David Rimawi (executive) for Slightly Distorted Productions/The Asylum
directed by Scott Wheeler
starring John Hennigan, Jamie Bernadette, Josh Fingerhut, Wayne 'Crescendo' Ward, Georgia Thompson, T.K. Richardson, Derek Russo, Jennifer Dorogi, Chloe Farnworth, Van White, Ashley Doris, Drew Davis-Wheeler, Lisa Goodman, Rajiv Sharma, Sole Bovelli, Byron Ivey
written by Scotty Mullen, music by Mikel Shane Prather, visual effects by Joseph J. Lawson
Sinbad
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Sinbad (John Hennigan), descendant of the mythological Sinbad, is a
sword carrying archeologist-turned-treasure hunter, who together with his
sidekick Nick (T.K. Richardson) discovers an ancient Greek treasure in a
cave somewhere in Mexico, as it seems it was actually Perseus who
discovered America back when. Problem is, there's someone else after the
treasure, Russian baddie Manta (Josh Fingerhut), who happens to know the
treasure contains an emerald dubbed the Heart of Medusa that can be
used as a super weapon. Fortunately, Sinbad and Nick are quick to sell the
Heart of Medusa to an eccentric American collector, Ace (Wayne 'Crescendo'
Ward), so that should take that problem off their hands - only it doesn't,
as not only are Manta and his men still after then but also the three
Furies (Georgia Thompson, Chloe Farnworth, Ashley Doris), who are not only
after the Heart of Medusa, who also have a bone to pick with the original
Sinbad, and since he's no longer around, they take out their fury on the
current one. So Sinbad, Nick, Sinbad's ex Jax (Jamie Bernadette), an
accomplished archeologist in her own right, and their deaf-mute friend
Sebastian (Van White) travel up to America to pick up Ace on his offer to
protect them. Ace has apparently been an avid collector, as among this
things is a magic carpet and a magic lamp with an arrogant Djinn (Jennifer
Dorogi). But things soon get out of hands at Ace's when not only our
heroes but also Manta and company and the Furies arrive, Jax switches
sides and now helps Manta to get the Heart of Medusa, and she already has
a petrifying gun ready to direct its power, and Sinbad is all of a sudden
forced to side with the Furies - and all of this can of course only lead
to disaster ... Now I'd be hard pressed to call Sinbad and
the War of the Furies the greatest adventure movie ever, as the rather
modest budget was simply not up to the scale of the story, and thus what
could have been an epic story is reduced to a rather intimate cast of
tens. But taken for what it is, it's actually a pretty fun ride, and not
only by The Asylum standards: The script is well constructed and at
the same time doesn't take itself too seriously, as witnessed in many of
the lighter scenes as well as some quite witty dialogue, the characters
are all relatable - which is also mirrored in some solid acting - and
there's hardly a dull moment in all of this. This all doesn't make up for
a classic, but some very cool entertainment for sure.
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