Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

not as good as all the hype

Dreadfully Boring

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

This was one of the VHS movies my 2 young sons would watch over and over again. I have to admit I ended up watching it myself more than once, and not just because of the gloriously attractive Tanya Roberts.No great acting here, no snappy dialog or stunning morality tale. Just a beefcake guy with some very cute animal sidekicks and a nice hunk of arm candy duking it out with evil forces.Rip Torn and John Amos show off their significant acting chops to add a little legitimacy, but what everyone wants to see are the animals kicking butt and saving the day. Bulging biceps and bosoms are always great accessories. Hey, if I were 8 or 10 years old I would have loved it too.Maybe kids today would prefer the modern animation and CGI, but it might be worth a shot.

The Beastmaster is one of those nostalgia trips that will leave anyone who didn't grow up with the movie confused as to its actual appeal. It's a bit like Masters of the Universe in that way, only not quite that bad.The problem is largely budgetary. Coscarelli didn't have the money to do anything cool with the special effects and it shows. The story is pretty dull and lightweight perhaps as a consequence. Characters in fantasy movies are always simplistic to make room for the epic tales you get in a feature film's runtime. Coscarelli couldn't afford much in the way of "epic", in the traditional and modern sense of the word, but kept the thin characters anyway.Marc Singer plays the hero. Don't know the name? After watching The Beastmaster, you won't be surprised. At least John Amos injects some much needed life into the movie. Rip Torn is good in anything, but why is he on screen so little?And I feel I have to mention the hero's pet tiger. It was painted black for this movie(!). Why was it so vitally important that the creature be black? The paint job is seldom convincing; you can see the stripes underneath the paint! It looks like whoever had the job of painting an orange tiger black either ran out of paint three quarters of the way through, or needed to choose a darker shade of black.

John Milius' 'Conan the Barbarian' may be chiefly responsible for the loincloth-clad hero renaissance in the early to mid 80s, but another film released that same year likely helped to cement it.Once a staple of cable TV (TBS aka "The Beastmaster Station", and HBO aka "Hey, Beastmaster's On!"), it spawned two dreadful sequels and a cheesy but watchable TV series before becoming just another bit of nostalgic pop culture flotsam and jetsam. Which is a shame, as it's actually a rather rousing and fun bit of b-movie hokum. Star Marc Singer brings a fantastic physicality, Tanya Roberts brings her, um, yeah, and who doesn't want to see the Dad from 'Good Times' in S&M gear?

I felt very nostalgic when i watched again this one many years later. The Beast Master is a great movie, they do not do this again, and they should. Less CGI and more plot and script¡¡¡¡¡ The actors are a bit campy, and for moments even surreal. But they are very likable and go very well with the story. There are beautiful women, evil sorcerers and wizards, demon-like hybrid fighters, ancient warriors, a touch of magic, just enough violence without being too gorish, and a pack of funny animals who are just an integral part of the movie.This is a movie without pretensions, just pure entertainment. I wish they could make more like this.