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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0778854157798
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Retromedia
Manufacturer: Retromedia
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Retromedia
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 11, 2005
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 113639
Studio: Retromedia
Theatrical Release Date: 1963-09
Editorial Review:
Description:
In the year 10,000, when men must fight for the amusement of others in cities ruled by insane people, a group of men try to prevent the ultra-advanced city of Metropolis from tampering with the secrets of nature and destroying the world.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "A world that I know nothing of. And a city that I have never seen."
Don't miss this one if you are a peplum/sword and sandal fan. Don't miss this one if you are a sci-fi fan. The Giant Of Metropolis is a lost classic which is finally receiving its overdue recognition. An incredibly unique and atmospheric experience, which deftly mixes the 60's Italian peplum format with a "future-city-in-the-past" sci-fi format. This singular combination is probably why this movie has remained so obscure--peplum fans didn't get it; sci-fi fans never heard of it.
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Rating:  - Atlantis' rare movie
At the city of Metropolis from Atlantis, the mad King Yotar (Roldano Lupi) is perpetrating some sinister and weird experiments to dominate the secrets of nature, among them is the brain transplant from his wise old father Egon (Furio Meniconi) to the poor boy Elmos (Marietto), the Yotar's son, in order to get Elmos' inmortality. The he-man Obro (Gordon Mitchell) arrives in Metropolis to prevent and save the city from destruction, but from the very beginning is captured by the magnetic rays trap, so our ... Read More
Rating:  - Retromedia yes, Alpha no
If you're a fan of this cult masterpiece of the bizarre, buy the Retromedia DVD, not the Alpha DVD. While the Retromedia copy is far from the quality this movie deserves, it's widescreen and has marginally better color and a considerably crisper image. It also has a bonus interview with the star, Gordon Mitchell.
Rating: - "Your mind is still as far as ever from reality."
Absurd plots, miniscule budgets, wooden acting, asinine plots, badly synced dialog, beefcake up the ying yang, and busty maidens...in case you're not familiar, these are all cinematic indicators you've stepped into what's commonly known as a `Sword and Sandals' picture, a European (mainly Italian) genre made popular in the late 1950s (with the 1958 release of Hercules, featuring muscle man Steve Reeves) that ran through the mid to late 1960s. Among the brawny bodybuilders to follow Reeves to the `Promised ... Read More
Rating:  - A tough DVD to watch
As much as I am a fan of Gordon Mitchell and Italian B-movies, it took me four tries to make it all the way through this dull and poorly presented movie. The movie itself is extremely cheesy, complete with dubbing that is poorly synced and often is incongruous with what is happening on screen. At one point a male servant dies in a battle, and afterward there is a scene where the bad guys find his corpse and say, "we found the body of one of the queen's slave girls(!)". There's some good fight scenes, some ... Read More
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