The Seven Magnificent Gladiators

Overview:

A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, and go in search of a hero who is able to wield it and save their village from the evil bandit.

Released: 1983-07-31

Duration: 01:40:00

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso, Olivier Gérard

Writer: Claudio Fragasso

Cast: Antonella Giacomini, Françoise Perrot, Raul Cabrera, ...

Director: Bruno Mattei Claudio Fragasso Olivier Gérard

Writer: Claudio Fragasso

Genre: Adventure Drama Fantasy

Description

This sword-and-sorcery fantasy is about Han (Lou Ferrigno), a "hulk" of a man who is chosen by a village of desperate women to defend them against the half-god Nicerote (Dan Vadis). Nicerote comes into the village on a yearly basis to slaughter any boys who may have reached adult status, and he demands an onerous tribute. Han agrees to the women's request then searches out the gladiator Scipio (Brad Harris) and the female warrior Julia (Sybil Danning to add to his lean-and-mean team. Meanwhile, he gears up for a showdown with Nicerote. The plot lines here follow the basic story of the Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa and The Magnificent Seven which successfully copied Kurosawa's tale.