Not quite as awesome as YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE, but it's close.

A video shop classic from my youth. Ator is so bad, it should be giving me stars for watching it, not the other way around.

ATOR is essentially a CONAN THE BARBARIAN rip-off (even mimicking that film's villains), but bafflingly dull and devoid of the violence and sexy bits that are integral to that formula. Some movies are so bad they're good, but this one couldn't close that gap for me. It's just an appallingly bad movie.

Thankfully there are a few unintended laughs during some cheesier moments, and I did like one weird little flourish in particular: For reasons I can't fathom, the filmmakers decided Ator should accompanied by an adorable baby bear cub on his trek, and that bit of nonsense added some memorable levity.

"Conan the Barbarian" inspired a lot of cash-ins, but none had the remarkable staying power of the Ator series. They must have been a tax write-off or money-laundering scheme because there can't have been a demand for the infernal things.

This first installment is just a hodgepodge of random encounters culminating in a stabbing. Entertaining solely for the purposes of mockery.

Von der Story her ist “Ator – Der Barbar” alles andere als ein anspruchsvoller Film und auch Hauptdarsteller Miles O’Keeffe spielt nicht gerade überzeugend. Irgendwie hat dieser Film aber dennoch Charme. Ob es nun das absolut trashige Finale ist oder auch die oft unfreiwillig komisch wirkenden Dialoge. Zumindest wenn man sich mit “billigen” Produktionen anfreunden kann, wird “Ator – Der Barbar” zu einem großen Spaß! Für mich zumindest ist dieser Film eine Trashperle.

Ator: "I love you, why don't we marry?"
Girl: "But Ator, we are brother and sister!"
Ator is unimpressed.

"Rule number two: SUPRISE!"

Ator was just captured by amazons to be their sex slave. He escaped, only to be captured by a witch....to be her sex slave.
Oh my.

Allright, one hour after we have been told, Ator finally knows of his destiny. Can the movie start now?

Here we go, the first big challenge on the heros journey! It is...half a dozen blind guys stumbling around in a cave randomly flailing their sword. Brilliant.

Wait what?

No its okay, just shine that light right into my face.

Always good to have a closing credit song that has nothing to do with the movie at all. Also not necessary to get someone who can actually sing.

3rd rate Conan the Barbarian ripoff

Not quite as awesome as YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE, but it's close.

A pretty bad but darned entertaining CONAN ripoff from Joe D'Amato about a poofy haired, easily-bamboozled hero trying to get back the kidnapped love of his life. She also happens to be his sister (He's adopted, but it's still incredibly weird). As bad as this film is, this film manages to be far more enjoyable than a higher budgeted CONAN ripoff like KULL THE CONQUERER or THE SCORPION KING. And Ator's baby bear sidekick is just adorable.