History Film / TheBladeMaster

* MrFanservice: Miles O'Keeffe. For a flagrant Conan bootleg, he at least has an impressive body build to match The Governor.

* TrainingFromHell: Oh, Griba. His mentorship of Ator involves kicking him in the balls to teach him about the 'element of surprise.'

''Ator l'invincibile 2'' (released in English-speaking countries as ''The Blade Master'', ''Ator, the Blade Master'', ''Cave Dwellers'', and ''The Return'') is an Italian film that was made in 1984. The movie was written and directed by Joe d'Amato. It stars Miles O'Keeffe as Ator, a man skilled in not only fighting, but in many other arts as well. It also stars Charles Borromel as Akronas, a wise ruler and teacher who is also called the Great One. Lisa Foster stars as Mila, the daughter of Akronas, and David Brandon as Zor - the principal villain of the film. The film was released in theaters as Ator the Invincible and later as Ator, the Blade Master. It received the name Cave Dwellers after it was re-edited by distributor Film Ventures International. It is the sequel to 1982's ''Ator l'invincible'' (with the English title ''Ator the Fighting Eagle''), which received the Podcast/RiffTrax treatment in 2017 and appeared on ''[=MST3k=]'' itself in 2018. The third film was 1986's ''Iron Warrior'', followed by ''Quest for the Mighty Sword'' (which was also released as ''Troll 3'', one of ''three'' InNameOnly sequels to ''Film/{{Troll}}''.) The movies were made to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize]] on the popularity of the Conan movies which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

** HollywoodHistory: The long-winded recap glosses over the fact that Ator wasn't nearly as competent as Akronas claimed in the first movie - if his companions (none of whom appear or even get mentioned in the sequel) hadn't kept bailing him out, he wouldn't have gotten close to defeating the spider god.

* AngstWhatAngst: Ator seems to have ''zero'' anxiety over the fact his beloved mentor is [[spoiler: actually an evil villain seeking to manipulate and destroy him, promptly easily curb-stomping Griba and never thinking of him again. Likewise, his friend Roon's death seems to not register with him seconds after she dies.]]

''Ator l'invincibile 2'' (released in English-speaking countries as ''The Blade Master'', ''Ator, the Blade Master'', ''Cave Dwellers'', and ''The Return'') is an Italian film that was made in 1984. The movie was written and directed by Joe d'Amato. It stars Miles O'Keeffe as Ator, a man skilled in not only fighting, but in many other arts as well. It also stars Charles Borromel as Akronas, a wise ruler and teacher who is also called the Great One. Lisa Foster stars as Mila, the daughter of Akronas, and David Brandon as Zor - the principal villain of the film. The film was released in theaters as Ator the Invincible and later as Ator, the Blade Master. It received the name Cave Dwellers after it was re-edited by distributor Film Ventures International. It is the sequel to 1982's ''Ator l'invincible'' (with the English title ''Ator the Fighting Eagle''), which received the Podcast/RiffTrax treatment in 2017 and appeared on ''MST3k'' itself in 2018. The third film was 1986's ''Iron Warrior'', followed by ''Quest for the Mighty Sword'' (which was also released as ''Troll 3'', one of ''three'' InNameOnly sequels to ''Film/{{Troll}}''.) The movies were made to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize]] on the popularity of the Conan movies which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

''Ator l'invincibile 2'' (released in English-speaking countries as ''The Blade Master'', ''Ator, the Blade Master'', ''Cave Dwellers'', and ''The Return'') is an Italian film that was made in 1984. The movie was written and directed by Joe d'Amato. It stars Miles O'Keeffe as Ator, a man skilled in not only fighting, but in many other arts as well. It also stars Charles Borromel as Akronas, a wise ruler and teacher who is also called the Great One. Lisa Foster stars as Mila, the daughter of Akronas, and David Brandon as Zor - the principal villain of the film. The film was released in theaters as Ator the Invincible and later as Ator, the Blade Master. It received the name Cave Dwellers after it was re-edited by distributor Film Ventures International. It is the sequel to 1982's ''Ator l'invincible'' (with the English title ''Ator the Fighting Eagle''), which received the Podcast/RiffTrax treatment in 2017. The third film was 1986's ''Iron Warrior'', followed by ''Quest for the Mighty Sword'' (which was also released as ''Troll 3'', one of ''three'' InNameOnly sequels to ''Film/{{Troll}}''.) The movies were made to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize]] on the popularity of the Conan movies which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

''Ator l'invincibile 2'' (released in English-speaking countries as ''The Blade Master'', ''Ator, the Blade Master'', ''Cave Dwellers'', and ''The Return'') is an Italian film that was made in 1984. The movie was written and directed by Joe d'Amato. It stars Miles O'Keeffe as Ator, a man skilled in not only fighting, but in many other arts as well. It also stars Charles Borromel as Akronas, a wise ruler and teacher who is also called the Great One. Lisa Foster stars as Mila, the daughter of Akronas, and David Brandon as Zor - the principal villain of the film. The film was released in theaters as Ator the Invincible and later as Ator, the Blade Master. It received the name Cave Dwellers after it was re-edited by distributor Film Ventures International. It is the sequel to 1982's ''Ator l'invincible'' (with the English title ''Ator the Fighting Eagle''), which received the Podcast/RiffTrax treatment in 2017. The third film was 1986's ''Iron Warrior'', followed by ''Quest for the Mighty Sword'' (which was also released as ''Troll 3'', one of ''four'' InNameOnly sequels to ''Film/{{Troll 2}}''.) The movies were made to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize]] on the popularity of the Conan movies which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

-->'''Crow:''' Yeah, and it's made outta coconuts.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Ator. [[FetishFuel Delicious barbarian Ator...]]

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''Ator l'invincibile 2'' (released in English-speaking countries as ''The Blade Master'', ''Ator, the Blade Master'', ''Cave Dwellers'', and ''The Return'') is an Italian film that was made in 1984. The movie was written and directed by Joe d'Amato. It stars Miles O'Keeffe as Ator, a man skilled in not only fighting, but in many other arts as well. It also stars Charles Borromel as Akronas, a wise ruler and teacher who is also called the Great One. Lisa Foster stars as Mila, the daughter of Akronas, and David Brandon as Zor - the principal villain of the film. The film was released in theaters as Ator the Invincible and later as Ator, the Blade Master. It received the name Cave Dwellers after it was re-edited by distributor Film Ventures International. It is the sequel to 1982's ''Ator l'invincible'' (with the English title ''Ator the Fighting Eagle''), which received the WebOriginal/{{Rifftrax}} treatmemt in 2017. The third film was 1986's ''Iron Warrior'', followed by ''Quest for the Mighty Sword'' (which was also released as ''Troll 3'', one of ''four'' InNameOnly sequels to ''Film/{{Troll 2}}''.) The movies were made to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize]] on the popularity of the Conan movies which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

* WhatTheHellTownspeople: What looks like a TrainingThePeacefulVillagers sequence gets derailed when they drug and capture our heroes. Then the pseudo-Mongols raze the place anyway.

%%* BigBad: Zor

%%* TheBlacksmith: Ator

%%* TheHero: Ator.

%%* LoinCloth: Ator.

%%* MrFanservice: Miles O'Keeffe. For a flagrant Conan bootleg, he at least has an impressive body build to match The Governor.

%%* PornStache: Zor.

%%* TheSpeechless: Thong.
%%* TokenMinority: Thong.

* YellowFace: Zor is some sort of weird Samurai/Mongol/Hun guy with a cheesy FuManchu moustache, played by a white guy.

-->'''Crow:''' Jeez, Tolkien couldn't follow the plot of this film.

-->'''Tom Servo:''' You know, they couldn't even find an exciting enough scene from their own movie to use in the credits.

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim
-->'''Akronas:''' They will make him pay for his crimes, but to take the law into our hands puts us on the level of the barbarian![[note]]'''Crow:''' We ''are'' barbarians![[/note]]

-->'''Akronas:''' To take the law into our hands puts us on the level of the barbarian![[note]]'''Crow:''' We ''are'' barbarians![[/note]]

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: In the Film Ventures International release, the film's opening credits are clearly from another film.

Also pointed out in the ending;

* BambooTechnology: Pushed to the breaking point of credibility when Ator even makes a ''hang glider''.

* PlotHole: So how did Ator manage to survive destroying the Geometric Nucleus if it caused such a huge nuclear explosion? Was he able to rig it up like a pre-historic time bomb so he had enough time to get to a safe distance before it exploded? But enough of that, Escape to Wisconsin!

* SchizoTech: A barbarian ripoff with gliders and atomic bombs. While building a glider is not ''too'' out of place, the fact it uses forged metal components and tanned leather makes it a little ''hard'' to believe Ator could have whipped it up in 5 minutes. Nukes, on the other hand...

-->'''Joel:'''I don't believe it - they were too cheap to hire ''villains'' in this movie.

* PlotHole: So how did Ator manage to survive destroying the Geometric Nucleus if it caused such a huge nuclear explosion? Was he able to rig it up like a pre-historic time bomb so he had enough time to get to a safe distance before it exploded?