The story consists of a young man, Perseus (Harry Hamlin) given a few gadgets (a few hundred years pre-bond/Q), a flyin' 'orse, a sexy bird (Ursula Andress) and set on a mission to stop the fearsome Kraken, a sea creature loosed by the Gods and save the lassie he fancies...but to do that he has to kill a load of big scorpions' (Ray Harryhausen created), chop the 'ead off a this snake haired chick called Medusa and go for a joy ride with the fella that rows the boat to the 'other side'. There's a Gold wind up Owl in there too (homage in the 2010 remake).
Now, clearly I bring flippant in my review, I just didn't want to gush too much.
Along with Jason & the Argonauts (another Harryhausen inspired feature), this was my favourite film as a kid and it still gets me going.
Fantasy, adventure, action, swords, flying creatures, monsters, witches, heroes, villains, Gods and romance...there isn't anything else they could have fitted into this film.
Fun Fact: a sequel entitled Force of the Trojans was proposed to MGM in 1984, sadly not to be realized.
Screen writer Beverley Cross (married to Maggie Smith-also in this film and looking rather lovely back then) also wrote Jason & the Argonauts.
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