Ator IV: The Hobgoblin

1990 "In the hands of a hero, it has the power to save the world. In the hands of evil, it has the power to destroy it!"
2.7| 1h34m| en
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Once upon a time a god gave a mighty sword to the king of Aquiles to bring justice to his people. Now he wants it back - but the king rather gives his life than the sword. Goddess Dehamira, who spoke for him, is being taken all her privileges and banned in a circle of fire, until a human arrives who's strong enough to free her. When prince Ator becomes 18, he gets the sword from the mean sorcerer gnome Grindl, to free Dehamira and his people. On his journey he has to fight against dragons and other fantastic figures.

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Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch
Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Michael_Elliott Quest for the Mighty Sword (1990) 1/2 (out of 4)Ator is murdered so later in life his son, also named Ator (Eric Allan Kramer), goes for revenge when he learns that his mother was forced into prostitution. He also learns of a magical sword that belongs to his family and he wants it returned.QUEST FOR THE MIGHTY SWORD was the fourth film in the series and the third to be directed by Joe D'Amato. The infamous Italian director helmed the first two in the series, skipped the third film and returned with this one. It's funny because the first film was so horrid that I found myself having a good time with it. The second film was so awful yet it was bad enough to be entertaining. This film here is just downright awful without any camp or entertainment value.I'm really not sure where to begin but this here is certainly the bottom of the barrel as far as entertainment goes. The Italian horror market had already dried up and I'm really not sure why a film like this would be made since the genre was long dead and it's doubtful there was much demand for it. The film has the typical awful acting that you would expect, a stupid story and there's really not a single good thing you can say about it.Fans of D'Amato who are nuts like me and want to see everything the man directed might want to check it out but it's a pretty bad film. With that said, Laura Gemser does appear briefly in the film.
cklein-2 It's Richard Wagner's "Siegfried" With All The Names Changed!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_(opera)Grindl- Mime. Ator- Siegfried. Dehamira- Brunnhilde.I can't believe there was no credit at all given to Wagner. Sure, he was a proto-Nazi but the man at least could weave a yarn!So is there any recognizable music at least in this? Maybe perhaps something operatic? Something vaguely... Wagnerian?And how is it that I never saw this masterpiece? A message board I'm on had someone ask what the movie was with a plot about a young man raised by a evil dwarf & he reforged the sword that was rightfully his... and I said "Sounds like Wagner's Siegfried to me!" Someone else actually knew the movie & gave the title as "Quest for the Mighty Sword". And so I am here.
ABFellows The cream of the crap... This movie was literally the worst I've ever seen. Everything was wrong: plot, acting, music, costumes, special effects, script... the list goes on extensively. Every film-making mistake imaginable was made in this film... yet I loved every minute of it. Its hard to imagine it as being a legitimate effort at making a motion picture, but as far as I know, it wasn't intended to be humorous. A movie so terribly bad that it becomes so wonderfully good. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good laugh; I'm actually considering purchasing it (that is if I can find it anywhere... I doubt it).
HaemovoreRex If only all movies were this much fun! Cheap and cheerful best describes this tale of swords and sorcery brought to us by the late great Joe D'Amato who also directed the first two Ator flicks starring the one and only Miles O'Keeffe. Sadly O'Keefe doesn't return in the role this time around but is ably replaced by John Allen Nelson an actor who looks suspiciously like a young Brian Dennehy! As with the previous entry, the continuity established in the first two films has been abandoned completely thus indicating that this is a sequel in name only and that the titular Ator is in fact a different character completely here.In fact, there are TWO Ator's in this movie (!), the first is promptly killed off in the first ten minutes leaving his son who shares the same name to adopt the mantel and grow up to be the eventual hero.The plot concerns our hero who, wouldn't you know it; is destined to assume his fathers role, to wield the magic sword, to put the world generally to rights AND to avenge his fathers death etc. etc.But frankly you won't be paying much attention to the plot here anyway when there are so many hilarious scenes on offer! Witness such side splitting sights as an hideous goblin/dwarf type thing cut clean in two down the middle after repeatedly taunting our hero, a conjoined robot(!), a rubbery fire breathing dragon that more closely resembles a walking turd (just check out the hero's expression when he first lays eyes upon it!), a mad warty prince who wants to make a statue out of the films heroine and a wacky and completely unresolved ending! Add it all together and you've got a great piece of trash entertainment! Highly recommended for fans of bad movies although still far from on par with Ator The Invincible aka The Blade Master aka The Cave Dwellers which still stands as truly one of the highest pinnacles ever of trash cinema.