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Binding: DVD
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 105 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: 1962-07
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A Different Take on the Trojan War Characters
Wow. Somebody seemed to have it in for Paris and Helen, the noble hero and heroine of HELEN OF TROY and even of the recent, and badly rewritten (or re-imagined), TROY. In this Italian film, THE TROJAN HORSE, Paris is a vane, power-mad prince who seems too effeminate to have attracted someone as beautiful as Helen, a conniving adultress with no qualms about the ten-year war she has started.
Unlike THE FURY OF ACHILLES, which follows Homer's THE ILIAD quite faithfully, this film is about ... Read More
Rating: - Take part of Homer, mix with Virgil, and add Steve Reeves
"The Trojan Horse" ("La Guerra di Troia") is one of those films that might inspire young boys to actually and go read Homer's "Iliad," at which point they will discover that this 1962 Steve Reeves film has little to do with that epic poem. Screenwriters Ugo Liberatore, Federico Zardi and Giorgio Stegani do incorporate parts of the "Iliad" into this film, but every time we see something familiar they put a twist on it that will make those of us who study classical mythology wince. The two English speaking ... Read More
Rating:  - One of the better sword and sandal movies
I was always partial to Reeves. He seemed to have a certain charisma about him and his movies were above the rest of the flock.This movie is about the Trojan war and is moderately entertaining. There are some good war scenes and I didn't feel that it dragged as one reviewer said.There was a sequel called the Avenger which is also a decent film.Good movie starring the incomparable Mr. Reeves.
Rating:  - Decent epic drama
This movie has a slightly more intelligent script than other Steve Reeve sword-and-sandle epics, but the story and main characters are not as entertaining as compared to Reeves' earlier "Hercules" pictures. The sexy Sylva Koscina is also missing here. As usual, the clumsy dubbing is obvious, but adds to the charm of the picture.
Rating: - Above average, but not great
For the movies of that genre, the production was above average. Some good war scenes. But the movie does drag. Great for the diehard Reeves fans but a letdown from other Reeves flics.I liked White Warrior and Last Days of Pompeii better. And of course Hercules and Hercules Unchained.I hope [I find] more of Reeves movies like Giant of Marathon, Goliath and the Barbarians and Duel of the Titans.
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