Product Details

• Actors: Ed Fury; Luciana Gilli; Claudia Mori
• Directors: Giorgio Simonelli
• Writers: Marcello Ciorciolini; Luciano Martino
• Producers: Girogio Simonelli
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Synergy Ent
• DVD Release Date: October 30, 2008
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001JP64L4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,821 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Ursus In The Land Of Fire" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ed Fury writhes again., October 15, 2005

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Parisonn of Atlantis (Minneapolis, Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ursus in the Land of Fire [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In 1963, when this movie was released, the Italian film industry continued to release sword-and-sandal movies in the wake of the astonishing success of Steve Reeves' "Hercules." Reeves made only a few of these movies but he inspired a group of muscular successors: Reg Park, Dan Vadis, Mark Forest, Kirk Morris, Brad Harris, etc. California-born Ed Fury falls into this group but, unlike some of his competitors, he had a good-looking face to match his body and he also had a certain, slightly irreverent style -- more beach-boy than gym-rat -- which tended to set him apart. This "Ursus" movie contains most of the usual sword-and-sandal ingredients but it's distinguished by two "bondage" sequences. In the first, Fury is chained to a grindstone and forced to turn it while an overseer whips his back. (This flogging ranks 63rd in the book: "Lash! The Hundred Great Scenes of Men Being Whipped in the Movies.") The second occurs when Fury is compeled to carry a heavy stone above his head lest the stone drop and impale him on a floor studded with upthrust blades. In both cases Fury's sweaty physique is shown to prime advantage. As escapist entertainment goes, this "Ursus" earns a thumbs-up.