Hearts & Armour Movie Review

Based on Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, this medieval mini-epic is a far more lavish spectacle than its budget should have allowed. Knights and knightesses in armor as stylized as Excalibur’s viciously have at it in a passionate tale of magic, honor, and “holy” war. Tanya Roberts, in her pre-softcore days, plays a Moorish princess whose kidnapping incites war to erupt between the Moors and Christians. Combatants such as Mongol, the Human Weapon, and the Black Warrior clash in violent battles to the death inspired by loyalty, love, religion, or maybe just to fulfill some wild prophecy…hey, sounds like the real world. With the use of a cool, atmospheric, electronic soundtrack, and a cast that looks like (and in many cases is) Supermodels Inc., you hardly notice that all the battles involve no more than four warriors!

1983 101m/C IT Tanya Roberts, Leigh McCloskey, Ron Moss, Rick Edwards, Giovanni Visentin; D: Giacomo Battiato. VHS, Beta WAR