Ator l'invincibile 2 (1984)

Director:

Joe D'Amato

Writer:

Joe D'Amato (writer)

Release Date:

15 February 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

A pure action fantasy where good, strength and exotic beauty battle evil.

Plot:

Muscle-bound Ator and his mute Asian sidekick travel from the ends of the Earth to save his aged mentor from the evil mustachioed Zor.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Barbarian | Giant Snake | Weapon | Kidnapping

Cast

Miles O'Keeffe	...	Ator
Lisa Foster	...	Mila
David Brandon	...	Zor (as David Cain Haughton)
Charles Borromel	...	Akronas
Kiro Wehara	...	Thong (as Chen Wong)
Robert Black	...	High Priest
Donald Hodson	...	Village Elder
Stephan Soffer
Nello Pazzafini	...	Wallon (as Ned Steinberg)
Osiride Pevarello	...	Sander (as Hershel Curtis)
Sandra Carle	...	Old Woman
Nancy Hall	...	1st Maiden
Linette Ray	...	2nd Maiden
Robert Karshin	...	1st Youth
Andy Stradly	...	2nd Youth
Steve Rivers	...	3rd Youth
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Salvatore Baccaro	...	Primitive Man (uncredited)
Dakar	...	Dakkar in Flashback (uncredited) (archive footage)
Gregory Snegoff	...	Ator (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Joe D'Amato		(as David Hills)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joe D'Amato		writer (as David Hills)

Produced by
John Newman	....	producer
Alex Susmann	....	executive producer
Chris Trainor	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Karl Michael Demer		(as Karl Demer)
Carlo Rustichelli

Cinematography by
Joe D'Amato		(as Federico Slonisco)

Film Editing by
David Framer

Production Design by
Massimo Lentini

Art Direction by
John Gregory

Makeup Department
Pat Russel	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Donatella Donati	....	production manager (as Helen Handris)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julie Morrows	....	second assistant director
Sam Stone	....	assistant director

Art Department
Francis Correl	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Wiley Crosby	....	production sound recordist
May Greenfeld	....	sound editor

Stunts
Frank Avila	....	stunts
James Hadley	....	stunt coordinator
Fred Peterson	....	stunts
Paul Randors	....	stunts
Marvin Simons	....	stunts
Kevin Strung	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Thomas Burrel	....	assistant camera
Larry Hessel	....	camera operator
Joe Little	....	chief electrician
Ed McBride	....	assistant camera
Henry Noxley	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kim Dascovitz	....	wardrobe

Other crew
Lewis E. Ciannelli	....	adr director (as Lewis Cianelli)
Sharon Friendly	....	production coordinator
Randy Gleason	....	production assistant
Bob Liro	....	production assistant
Astrid Miller	....	production assistant
Danan Grant Olsey	....	production assistant
Jean Salzer	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Metaxa Corporation
• New Line Cinema
• Royal Film Traders

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (1984) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Film Ventures International (FVI) (1990) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1986) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (video)
• Media Home Entertainment (1984) (USA) (VHS)
• Mundial Filmes (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• KMO Midi Works  sound editing

Also Known As:

Ator the Invincible (USA) (literal English title)
Ator, the Blade Master
Cave Dwellers (USA) (TV title)
The Blade Master (USA)
The Return

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:18 (video premiere) | USA:PG | West Germany:16

Company:

Metaxa Corporation

Trivia:

According to the director, the film was made without a script and almost entirely improvised. There was not enough time to write one as O'Keeffe had been contracted to star in a certain number of films for D'Amato by a certain date, meaning this film was rushed into production and shot in only two weeks.

Goofs:

Continuity: In a wide shot Ator is just about to land his hang glider in a field but in the closeup he lands on top of the castle.

Quotes:

Ator: Thong, the fish is ready!

Movie Connections:

Edited from Where Eagles Dare (1968)

This is almost one of the worst films ever.

This is about one of the worst movies I'd ever seen. It's not the worst though - Manos the Hands of Fate holds that honor.

This movie has a lot of problems. To begin, this whole movie is a cheap rip-off of the Conan movies. There's the babe in a skimpy dress wearing a hubcap, the quiet Asian warrior, the cookie cutter bad guy, the almost mindless soliders, and so on. There's lots of continuity errors in this film. Some of the dumbest errors I've ever seen are in this film.

Fortunately when I watched this film I seen the MST3K version. Joel and the 'bots make the film watchable, otherwise I probably would've turned it off five minutes into the film.