The King of the Vandals and the Emperor of Rome also want the sword but while the Romans send the mighty gladiator Lucius, the Vandals cheat by despatching more than one man.
Can Tarkan find the sword?
Will Tarkan take the hint that plucky female lead Bige is totally into him?
Is Tarkan's doggy sidekick a Good Boy?
Will Tarkan finally do something about that one lock of hair that's in his face for the entire movie?
Spoilers ahead: Yes. Nope. Yes. No.
This movie is made in 1969 although it does come across as something that could have been made earlier and probably by Italians. If it wasn't for Tarkan resolutely refusing to bare his chest, he'd be a perfect peplum hero. Weirdly enough, at times it also feels like something that could have been made in the 80s - also by Italians - as Tarkan wanders around, vanquishing foes, sleeping with hot women and generally being very serious and manly.
Very intense, is our Tarkan. Also Turkish. He's very keen to emphasise that.
The soundtrack is pretty good, it must be said. Well the bits they blatantly nicked from "Zulu" anyway.
Story? A bit disjointed and comes across as a series of episodes and I am convinced that there's some important scenes cut out. There's definitely a few plot points that go nowhere.
Lastly, there's some interesting costume choices. Personally I find it hard to take the "Vandal" warriors seriously when they are all wearing brightly coloured fake-fur rugs as skirts.
For all that, this was a fun film so if you want to see what a Conan movie might look like if it was made in Turkey, this might be for you.
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