Sword and sorcery was a big part of the films that Roger Corman released in the 1980's. To be fair, different sword and sorcery cycles - peblum to Conan ripoff - have always been part of Corman's films.
Amazons is from Argentina and is based on the Charles R. Saunders story Agbewe's Sword. Saunders was born in Elizabeth, PA, about fifteen minutes from where we live. He settled in Nova Scotia where he worked for a local newspaper and wrote several well-received short stories about the African-American community there. He also, in his spare time, created the world of Imaro and became one of the first writers to create African-American centric sword and sorcery stories*.
Based on the real-life female warriors of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, Amazons tells the story of several female warriors, like Dyala (Mindi Miller, Caged Fury), Tashi (Penelope Reed), Tashinge (Danitza Kingsley, Blackout) and Vishiti (Maria Fournery, Deathstalker).
What is not based on reality is that there's a woman in this movie who can transform into a lion. So know that going in. Neither is the Sword of Azundati, which the trailer seems to think is Excalibur. But hey, who cares about reality? There are Amazon fights galore, including one battle between one of the women and a giant snake. That's really why I watch movies.
*He also wrote Stormquest, another movie that was made with Sessa directing. It's all about a female-dominated society coming to realize that they may be wrong by excluding men. It's one of the last of ten Argentinan barbarian movies that Corman would produce.
Amazons is from Argentina and is based on the Charles R. Saunders story Agbewe's Sword. Saunders was born in Elizabeth, PA, about fifteen minutes from where we live. He settled in Nova Scotia where he worked for a local newspaper and wrote several well-received short stories about the African-American community there. He also, in his spare time, created the world of Imaro and became one of the first writers to create African-American centric sword and sorcery stories*.
Based on the real-life female warriors of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, Amazons tells the story of several female warriors, like Dyala (Mindi Miller, Caged Fury), Tashi (Penelope Reed), Tashinge (Danitza Kingsley, Blackout) and Vishiti (Maria Fournery, Deathstalker).
What is not based on reality is that there's a woman in this movie who can transform into a lion. So know that going in. Neither is the Sword of Azundati, which the trailer seems to think is Excalibur. But hey, who cares about reality? There are Amazon fights galore, including one battle between one of the women and a giant snake. That's really why I watch movies.
*He also wrote Stormquest, another movie that was made with Sessa directing. It's all about a female-dominated society coming to realize that they may be wrong by excluding men. It's one of the last of ten Argentinan barbarian movies that Corman would produce.