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* TooDumbToLive: Cromwell enlists Xusia to help him overthrow the good king...and then ''instantly betrays the creature that just helped him overthrow an entire kingdom.'' What did he ''think'' would happen after he did so? Was he just that sure he could kill a demon when no one else in the world has done so successfully? If he thought Xusia might someday change his mind and overthrow him, then why even engage with him at all? [[spoiler: Naturally, he fails to kill Xusia and the latter adopts a new form, gets close to Cromwell, then steals the princess and plans to kill him as well. He almost does, but Talon intervenes.]]
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* RatedMForManly: The film attempts this, but its success rate is rather dubious. We have a smarmy hero who loves polygamy and quips, a kidnapped princess, an imprisoned rightful heir, an evil king, and a nefarious demon all set against an epic/high fantasy backdrop with jaunty music.
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* BoundAndGagged: Alana.
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* BoundAndGagged: Alana. She pretty much spends the entire movie being kidnapped and menaced. ''Even by a snake.''
* BullyingADragon: The movie's beginning honestly makes little sense. Cromwell has determined that the good king's army is too fortified and hard to defeat, so he calls upon a demon to assist him. ''Immediately'' after the all-powerful demon has helped him win the day, Cromwell turns on Xusia and tries to kill him, as if somehow he didn't realize that it would make him a target if he's wrong and did not properly kill the demon. [[spoiler: Guess what [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge happens later on]] in the story?]]
* BullyingADragon: The movie's beginning honestly makes little sense. Cromwell has determined that the good king's army is too fortified and hard to defeat, so he calls upon a demon to assist him. ''Immediately'' after the all-powerful demon has helped him win the day, Cromwell turns on Xusia and tries to kill him, as if somehow he didn't realize that it would make him a target if he's wrong and did not properly kill the demon. [[spoiler: Guess what [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge happens later on]] in the story?]]
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* DealWithTheDevil: Cromwell's arrangement with Xusia.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Cromwell's arrangement with Xusia. Confusingly, he enlists his help to overthrow the king, but then ''instantly'' turns on him and tries to kill him even though they had an alliance and Xusia didn't indicate any plans of betraying him.
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* GroinAttack: Alana's favorite method of attack.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Used during the climax.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Used during the climax.
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* GroinAttack: Alana's favorite method of attack.
attack. It works until it [[NoSell doesn't.]]
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Used during theclimax.climax between Talon and Cromwell.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Used during the
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Possibly one of the most absurd in movie history. Talon is literally ''crucified'' in the great hall where Cromwell is about to force the princess to marry him. And yes, it is a proper crucifixion, meaning that ''huge nails'' have been driven directly through his palms. Then out of nowhere, he just regains his strength, climbs down, and ''picks up a sword and fights all the men in addition to Cromwell and Xusia.'' Because, you know, [[SarcasmMode "it was only a flesh wound!]] [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Come on, ya pansy!"]]
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Machelli]].
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Machelli]]. Not that it was very [[ObviouslyEvil hard to tell.]]
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* YouKilledMyFather: Talon swears an oath to avenge his father's death.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Talon swears an oath to avenge his father's death. Then he doesn't do a damn thing about it for decades and only ends up avenging his family through a total coincidence when the princess hires him and his men to stop Cromwell.
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* EvilSorcerer: Indeed, as the title would suggest.
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* EvilSorcerer: Indeed, Indeed it's Xusia, as the title would suggest.
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* FauxActionGirl: Alana does try to defend herself at several points but she's not very good at it and never has a weapon
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Xusia may or may not be some kind of demonic entity on top of being a sorcerer. He's a strange reptillian creature and well over a thousand years old. He's somehow survived dying at least twice by retreating back to his stronghold to heal. Cromwell, at the very least, believes him to be a demon.
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* [[ManOnFire Men on Fire]]: Talon uses a keg of oil to set Cromwell's Red Dragon archers ablaze.
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* [[ManOnFire Men on Fire]]: ManOnFire: Talon uses a keg of oil to set Cromwell's Red Dragon archers ablaze.
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* BigDamnHeroes: A nice {{subversion}}. When Talon's mercenary band learn that he's been captured, they very exitedly and ostentatiously rally to rescue him, and... [[GilliganCut cut]] to them imprisoned in the dungeons.
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* BigDamnHeroes: A nice {{subversion}}. When Talon's mercenary band learn that he's been captured, they very exitedly excitedly and ostentatiously rally to rescue him, and... [[GilliganCut cut]] to them imprisoned in the dungeons.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Talon is hell bent on getting his revenge, ordering Xusia (who has his own grudge with Cromwell) out of his way, leading to the PreAsskickingOneLiner below.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Talon is hell bent on getting his revenge, ordering Xusia (who has his own grudge with Cromwell) out of his way, leading to the PreAsskickingOneLiner example below.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Talon is hell bent on getting his revenge, ordering Xusia (who has his own grudge with Cromwell) out of his way, leading to the PreAsskickingOneLiner below.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Talon is hell bent on getting his revenge, ordering Xusia (who has his own grudge with Cromwell) out of his way, leading to the PreAsskickingOneLiner above.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Talon is hell bent on getting his revenge, ordering Xusia (who has his own grudge with Cromwell) out of his way, leading to the PreAsskickingOneLiner above.
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* BadBoss: Xusia offhandedly kills the dedicated follower who resurrected him just to demonstrate his power to Cromwell.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: A key plot point, [[spoiler:Cromwell tried to kill Xusia after Cromwell no longer needed him to win battles]]. Other villains in the film do this as well, near the film's beginning, the evil sorcerer Xusia repays the witch who resurrected him by killing her.
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* HumanArchitectureHorror: Evil sorcerer Xusia's tomb is built from human faces, which come alive during the ritual which awakens Xusia shortly after the movie's opening credits. No wonder Xusia's lair is called "Skull Cave", on Tomb Island.
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* HumanArchitectureHorror: Evil sorcerer Xusia's tomb is built from human faces, which come alive during the ritual which awakens Xusia his awakening ritual, shortly after the movie's opening credits. No wonder Xusia's lair is called "Skull Cave", on Tomb Island.
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* HumanArchitectureHorror: Evil sorcerer Xusia's tomb is built from human faces, which come alive during the ritual which awakens Xusia shortly after the movie's opening credits. No wonder Xusia's lair is called "Skull Cave", on Tomb Island.
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* SmashCut: A ''really'' significant story development happens offscreen after Talon's men, a woman who is probably his sister, and a group of pirates band together to rescue our Hero. Next thing we know, they're all in jail and the sister along with one of Talon's men are executed.
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** One must assume that {{deliberate values dissonance}} plays a part here. What seems creepy to us in the modern day might be fairly commonplace in Ehdan, where women seem to be objectified to a great degree.
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* ThwartedCoupDeGrace: Cromwell poises to finish off Talon [[spoiler:right before Talon counters with a blade hidden in his gauntlet.]]
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* GilliganCut: Well, Gilligan ''Fade'', actually. See BigDamnHeroes.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Talon swears an oath to avenge his father's death.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Talon swears an oath to avenge his father's death.death.
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A generation ago, evil sorcerer Xusia aided an ambitious tyrant named Cromwell, allowing him to win a decisive battle against his enemies. But Cromwell betrayed the sorcerer, stabbing him in the back (literally). Xusia wasn't quite dead, but it took a decade for him to recover. In the process, Cromwell also slew his arch-rival Richard, but made the crucial mistake[[note]]A flagrant and, ultimately, tragic violation of Rule 38 from the EvilOverlordList[[/note]] of leaving Richard's young son Talon alive.
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A generation ago, evil sorcerer Xusia aided an ambitious tyrant named Cromwell, allowing him to win a decisive battle against his enemies. But Cromwell betrayed the sorcerer, stabbing him in the back (literally). Xusia wasn't quite dead, but it took a decade for him to recover. In the process, Cromwell also slew his arch-rival Richard, but made the crucial mistake[[note]]A flagrant and, ultimately, tragic violation of Rule 38 from the EvilOverlordList[[/note]] EvilOverlordList.[[/note]] of leaving Richard's young son Talon alive.
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* DetachableBlades: The film has the protagonist wielding a triple bladed sword - the two outer blades can be shot at enemies as seen here - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OU96za6czU]]
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* DetachableBlades: The film has the protagonist wielding a triple bladed sword - the two outer blades can be shot at enemies as seen here - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OU96za6czU]]com/watch?v=-OU96za6czU here]].
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* HeroicFantasy: Another name for heroic fantasy is "SwordAndSorcery", after all.
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* HeroicFantasy: Another name for A subgenre of heroic fantasy is "SwordAndSorcery", after all.
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--> at the end of the film: '''Watch for Talon's Next Adventure "Tales of the Ancient Empire" coming soon.'''
--> at the end of the film: '''Watch for Talon's Next Adventure "Tales of the Ancient Empire" coming soon.'''
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* TheCasanova:
** Talon seems to have little interest in staying monogamous, having far too many "kingdoms to save and women to love".
** This actually gets really creepy sometimes. One of the first things we see him do as an adult is try to seduce a woman moments after saving her from sexual assault, and then only aid the resistance after she promises him sexual favors in return.
** One must assume that {{deliberate values dissonance}} plays a part here. What seems creepy to us in the modern day might be fairly commonplace in Ehdan, where women seem to be objectified to a great degree.
** Talon seems to have little interest in staying monogamous, having far too many "kingdoms to save and women to love".
** This actually gets really creepy sometimes. One of the first things we see him do as an adult is try to seduce a woman moments after saving her from sexual assault, and then only aid the resistance after she promises him sexual favors in return.
** One must assume that {{deliberate values dissonance}} plays a part here. What seems creepy to us in the modern day might be fairly commonplace in Ehdan, where women seem to be objectified to a great degree.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Machelli]].
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* TheCasanova: Talon seems to have little interest in staying monogamous, having far too many "kingdoms to save and women to love".
** This actually gets really creepy sometimes. One of the first things we see him do as an adult is try to seduce a woman moments after saving her from sexual assault, and then only aid the resistance after she promises him sexual favors in return.
*** One must assume that ValuesDissonance plays a part here. What seems creepy to us in the modern day might be fairly commonplace in Ehdan, where women seem to be objectified to a great degree.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Machelli]].
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*** One must assume that ValuesDissonance plays a part here. What seems creepy to us in the modern day might be fairly commonplace in Ehdan, where women seem to be objectified to a great degree.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Machelli]].
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''The Sword and the Sorcerer'' is a low-budget HeroicFantasy movie from 1982.
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''The Sword and the Sorcerer'' is a low-budget HeroicFantasy movie from 1982.
1982 directed by Creator/AlbertPyun.
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*** One must assume that values dissonance ValuesDissonance plays a part here. What seems creepy to us in the modern day might be fairly commonplace in Ehdan, where women seem to be objectified to a great degree.
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*** One must assume that values dissonance plays a part here. What seems creepy to us in the modern day might be fairly common commonplace in a place like Ehdan, where women seem to be objectified to a great degree.
