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Outlaw of Gor [VHS]

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Tarl Cabot is once again spirited away to Gor to rescue Ko-Ro-Ba from evil. Unfortunately, even he cannot rescue this film from stilted dialogue (said of a dead man: "There is nothing we can do."), miserable acting (*falling* down a *sand dune* for no reason), and a complete lack of plot and characterization. The fight scenes will either make you laugh or turn your stomach. And Gor without nudity? Without tarns? Without authentic He Men? Without even a real slave girl? (But with a cardboard castle?!) Don't buy this film. It does not even resemble the books and it isn't worth a cent.

Like the first movie, the producers decided to tone down the nudity to the point that there isn't any! Anyone who has read John Norman's books and then sees this film will be disappointed. Gone are the issues about class and society, the slaves are never nude (which I find to be very unbelievable in Norman's society), and the violence is weak. You call this "Gor"? I call it "Morally-Correct Primitive Society". Get the books. They're better.

If only this movie were as good as the dungeon scenes in "Barbarian Queen" and "Barbarian Queen II", which is closer to "Gor" than "Gor" itself.

Advice : see the movie first then read the book. that way the book does justice to this movie

the tale is based on Tarl, as an outlaw but once known as a hero. Upon returining to Gor, the counter planet to earth, he again faces drama of a primiative society in which only his skill and courage can contribute more sanity to the bizarre mixture of power and suffering of the tribes of people on the planet. The movie does not show as well the description that the book gives of the town and culture. The tarns (large birds) are not shown and the priest kings are not introduced well from the movie so maybe the movie should get an overhaul. please make a 1990's version of this movie...more chains (for slaves), more swords, more gore and more exciting...

All I can say is, this movie deserved everything it got when it was blasted by the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 crew.

"Outlaw of Gor" was delightfully skewered by the MST3K crew,led by the indubitable Mike Nelson,but one can assume that on its own it's a pretty awful movie. It's an Italian pseudo-Conan the Barbarian,a spaghetti fantasy.

Tarl Cabot,a professor,is transported to an alternate dimension,Gor,thanks to the "Home Stone." He has a glowing mood ring...and he happens to bring an irritating schlub&fellow professor,Watkins,who thankfully spends most of the movie locked up (but not after enjoying the pleasure of the evil queen) Cabot is considered a hero;he's greeted with the constant cries of "Cabot!Cabot!" ("Cabot" is the word dominating most of the first half of the movie) He has a girlfriend,Talena,whose existence consists of being scantily clad&making love to him. Jack Palance plays an evil priest-king who wears embarassing hats,and,at one point,a skullcap.He gets to be menacing as well as out-of-place.

Cabot is falsely accused of killing the good king,joins up with an albino midget (a real twofer) and shows his high ideals on his quest. He frees slaves,he follows his vegetarian diet...and finally ends up with his ladylove.The movie ends abruptly with Watkins,still in the dress of the planet Gor,being hauled off by cops.When it comes to pointless fantasy,"Outlaw of Gor" definitely is pointless.Thankfully,it's brief.

The first movie in this series was so bad; I had to see this one just out of morbid curiosity: Could the trend continue? Yes, it could and did. IIRC there is a lot of mismatch between the sound track and the 'action' on the screen -- the most glaring has to be the dramatic orchestral build up for a simple walk across the desert... no bad guys or action in sight. Just a simple walk across the ... uh-huh ... yup. You get the point.

People mentioned it in their reviews, so I'll go ahead and say it.

MST3K should really put their version of Outlaw of Gor out on DVD. Since they don't, here's a suggestion...

When I was in college, my roommates and I sometimes threw "beer (optional), pizza and bad movie" parties on Friday nights or at the end of exam week. I wish at least one of us knew about this movie back then.

you really need to read the Gor series in order to get the most from it... this isnt the best of the series but it is good... future books will refer to things in this book so its worth reading END