Muscleman Ohro travels to the sinful capital of Atlantis to rebuke its godlessness and hubris and becomes involved in the battle against its evil lord Yoh-tar and his hideous super-science s... Read allMuscleman Ohro travels to the sinful capital of Atlantis to rebuke its godlessness and hubris and becomes involved in the battle against its evil lord Yoh-tar and his hideous super-science schemes.Muscleman Ohro travels to the sinful capital of Atlantis to rebuke its godlessness and hubris and becomes involved in the battle against its evil lord Yoh-tar and his hideous super-science schemes.
- Danzatore
- (as Leo Coleman)
- Musico
- (uncredited)
- Kronos il gigante
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaSince he was not able to actually learn pages of dialog in Italian, Gordon Mitchell admitted that he would sometimes simply recite bawdy limericks during his scenes. More appropriate dialog would be looped in later.
- GoofsThe English language prologue spells 'continent' as 'continente', and 'gigantic' as 'gigantie'.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Il padre di Obro: Hear me, my sons. My strength is wading now. My journey has ended here. Listen carefully. I leave to you all - but especially you, Obro - the duty of carrying out that mission our people are trusted to. On the other side of that mountain lies Metropolis, the city which has attained a terrifying civilization. You are to go and say to its ruler, and to its people, that they are wrong. They should never use their knowledge of science to defeat the ends of nature; to sew the seeds of destruction and death. They shouldn't try to change the natural order. Otherwise, nature will have her revenge on them. They are challenging forces they cannot control. If they continue, we'll have a tremendous disaster.
Yeah, that's right. Metropolis is Atlantis and this movie is set 20,000 years ago. In case there's any hope remaining for Obro to succeed in his quest, the opening scrawl contains the following omen:
"When scientists of Metropolis attempted to penetrate the secret of death, nature rebelled, causing universal destruction "
So really, you don't have to go any further than the first five minutes of the film. It gives you the ending right there. I'm unsure why Atlantis is referred to as Metropolis. It might be an Italian-English translation error or Metropolis might be the capital/largest city in the land of Atlantis. I don't know and it's never explained. And what is Yotar's weird science that leads to the destruction of Metropolis/Atlantis? Piecing it together is half the fun. I got the impression that he was transferring the brain of his elderly father into the body of his young son, Elmos. Then he would transfer his son's brain into the body of an older guy, I guess. I'm really not sure. I know his ultimate goal was immortality (for his father and his son, I guess but not himself?) and his science incorporated astrology because the screenwriters just don't understand science. Or it could be because there were six separate people with screen writing credits on this thing. It's confusing and, as a result, dull because I don't know what we're working toward.
I suppose none of that is important though because the central message to walk away from THE GIANT OF METROPOLIS with is "science is evil". This movie is so preachy, it's almost anti-intellectual propaganda. And, if you really look at the movie through a skewed lens, it's essentially condoning terrorism. Let's break it down: Yotar and his society are science-oriented. Obro comes from a simple society that worships nature and an unspecified, omnipotent force. Obro arrives to preach the evils of science and the pursuit of knowledge, and he threatens total destruction if he is not heeded. Yotar, understandably, disagrees and proceeds to put Obro through a series of tests because he's not seen strength of this magnitude before in any one man (Ok, admittedly, imprisonment and forced combat weren't Yotar's most sympathetic choices). Obro escapes and proceeds to engage in guerilla attacks against Yotar's people, at one point even dropping in to slaughter a funeral procession. I'm painting in broad strokes here but that's because, halfway through this film, I'd zoned out and the finer details skated right past me.
Some highlights to be found in THE GIANT OF METROPOLIS are Gordon Mitchell's broad theatrical performance (especially when miming battles against a beam of light), Obro's battles against a hairy cave troll and a swarm of flesh-ripping pygmies, the strange interpretive dance number (with plenty o' thrusting), and, honestly, the production design. It's incredibly minimalistic but I liked the wide, spacious chambers with sparse columns, carvings, and statues. I also enjoyed the costume design and the use of miniatures to create Metropolis. And, of course, there's the final 7 minute or so sequence where Metropolis meets his end. Plenty of stock footage and wave-pool action going on, making for a glorious end to a sluggish film.
- brando647
- Apr 12, 2016
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- Giant of Metropolis
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- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1