Diagonaldi Very well executed

Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

mark.waltz Who better to play servants to women than a group of the gayest men outside of the Village People? I couldn't contain my laughter upon this discovery, as these mincing servants are so busy cooking and cleaning all day that they could not possibly know what an Amazon soldier must do all day. One of the cook's delight is more than obvious when he discovers a muscular Greek soldier trying to steal his homemade buns. The Greeks are fooled into visiting the island of the Amazons where they are drugged out sentenced to become slaves, with obvious chores when one of the soldier's biological clock starts ticking. The buxom, scantily clad soldiers even put on a show with 60's style beatnik music, then lust over the men on the slave block, even though they obviously abhor the entire male sex. This is the story of the rivalry of two women fighting over who kill be the next Amazon Queen. This utilizes a hysterical turn of events, with the very misandrist women just as sexist as the men, and it's obvious that this is simply a taming of the shews parody where the men become determined to show these women that the Gods created them simply to be wives. Deliberate comedy comes through the dubbing which gives the captured men various American dialects. This is gladiator movie light, with the women simply hiding a soft, stereotypical femininity behind their alleged distaste for all men. It's almost a slam against severe levels of feminism, yet fair to the feelings of these women who want to be something more than some man's plaything. Rod Taylor takes on the lead role, yet is lost among the hard torsos of the actors with gladiator experience.

Cristi_Ciopron A comedy with Rod Taylor, Ed Fury, Gianna Maria Canale and Daniela Rocca, it's slapstick delivered in an inspired style, lighthearted, witty and good-_natured; though the English title markets this as a Colossus movie, it ain't that. The witty script, the Aussie lead, the modern score give it its flavor, and complement the director's obvious craftsmanship.Rod Taylor was a remarkable comedy player, and here seems to enjoy very much his role, and is deliciously at ease. Ignazio Leone has a supporting part as the funny Egyptian who once appears rolled in a carpet … Ed Fury resembles more Dudikoff than Eastwood. Here, Fury struggles with a chained bear, which somehow forebodes his future trilogy.Gianna Maria Canale had indeed a queenly beauty. Marilù Tolo has a bit part, and the feminine cast is an almanac of '60s starlets. The amazons are worshipers of Tanith.The movie is actually better plotted than one with Ursus, way more carefully plotted; there's also a subplot with pirates. You will see that the interplay of the genders isn't absurd, and the amazons behave often simply like the girls. The idea of women's dominions, of the matriarchy existed before in the cinema.I recognized the waterfall from a couple of kindred movies I have seen these days, one with St Constantine, the other with Ursus. Also, the tournament seems to have suited a somewhat zany idea of Antiquity …; this is the 2nd movie with tournaments from Antiquity that I see this summer, after the one with Ursus, where they put warriors from Antiquity to meet in tournaments.

talisencrw When leading-man Rod Taylor passed away last year, I remembered his excellent performances in 'The Birds' and 'The Time Machine', and how his charm, good looks and manner could lift very good films such as those to greatness. I was also pleased that for his final role, he got to be in a very fine picture such as 'Inglourious Basterds', playing Winston Churchill--that he was able to end his career on a high-note, which sadly, is the exception rather than the rule. 'Colossus and the Amazon Queen' is an example of where he made an otherwise fun but terrible movie watchable--and that's another fine quality of a gifted thespian. Especially if you are a fan of Taylor's work, the intriguing way that Italian actors made swords-and-sandals' epics ad nauseum from the late-50's to early-60's, when they would become infatuated with the 'spaghetti western', these 94 minutes will be time modestly well-spent.

Thomas Diemer I rate this movie as pretty good. The action part of the plot was not bad for such fare - after all sword and sandal epics were not known for top notch plots or dialog, but the attempt at humor were simply stupid. It would have been a much better movie without them. The budget obviously left no room for retakes; I noticed three goofs: A trumpeter at the very beginning dropped his trumpet then picked it up; the queen once had to lower her head to stifle a giggle and the high priestess tripped over something.The attack of the horse mounted freed male slaves on the Amazon city reminded me a lot of the Indian attacks on wagon trains in old television and movie westerns I found the use of the beatnik style jazz sound track in this ancient Greece set movie kind of interesting. So was the extended avant garde dance sequence in the middle. Very "Bohemian". So bad it is good you might say.