Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011)

Sinbad (Manu Bennett) steals the Chronicles of the King Minos from the camp of the evil sorcerer Al-Jibar (Steven Grives) with the location of the golden head of the Colossus of Rhodes. He also saves the slave Tara (Holly Brisley) and brings her to his ship. Sinbad sails with Tara and his crew to the Island of Minos and they meet a village of descents of Minos. They learn that the treasure is guarded by the Minotaur in a labyrinth and Sinbad gets rid of the beast. When they are celebrating, Al-Jibar arrives in the village with the flesh eater Seif (Jared Robinson) and his army, and demands the scroll for him. Out of the blue, the villagers turn into beasts and attack the outsiders. Who will survive?"Sinbad and the Minotaur" is a lame movie with a good story and awful acting and costumes. The non-charismatic Manu Bennett looks like Rambo or a marine with his hair cut and his acting is limited to grimaces. Lily Brown is histrionic in the role of the priestess Arianna. The villains Al-Jibar and Seif are sinister and Holly Brisley is very sexy. Despite the low-budget, the acting and costumes could be better. My vote is four.Title (Brazil): "Sinbad e o Minotauro" ("Sinbad and the Minotaur")

I watched Sinbad and the Minotaur with nothing else better to do, but while I was dubious of whether it would work it turned out to be worse than I expected. Production values-wise, it's a cheap-looking film, with costumes reminiscent of bad fancy dress, scenery that is not authentic at all and camera work that looks flat and rushed. I have seen worse effects in my lifetime, but although I do realise it was low-budget Sinbad and the Minotaur doesn't in my view look as though a lot of effort went into it. The minotaur has some menace but is too much of a giant bull rather than half-man/half-bull from mythology. The dialogue is terribly cheesy, but hilariously so at the same time, and while the idea was good the story was dull with no genuine thrills, imagination, fun and suspense and everything screams of being done before in adventure/fantasy films and better. The direction is sloppy, and the acting is pretty atrocious, with Manu Bennett having none of the charisma needed for the role of Sinbad. In fairness though, the characters are not interesting at all and have no life to them, the villain is especially flat. In conclusion, an awful film but if you watch it for novelty value you might get some enjoyment out of it. 1/10 Bethany Cox

If this can review can possibly dissuade you from watching this film, I will have improved your life!For every movie I have ever watched, up till this one, I have been able to find something I like about it.I know I wouldn't make much of a movie critic - but I don't care. I set out to enjoy my film-watching, and find this easier by looking for the positive in films.With this attitude, I started to watch this film. Manu Bennett, who plays Sinbad, was the lead. I have liked previous stuff of His, so I was definitely optimistic.This film is awful. Why?-> The actors put in no visible effort at all.-> The camera-work and props were disgraceful, barely more than people running through forest/caves.-> Female casting seems to have been decided on cup-size. This was so blatant that, even as a typical male, this annoyed me.-> There is a "monster" in this film: I think it's two people inside a horse - no really.-> The plot lacks continuity. Hardly any scene changes produce a cohesive whole.-> Supernatural elements to this film are ludicrously far-fetched, badly-thought out in relation to any "plot" and generally bring the film down yet further.If I stopped and thought for longer, other undesirables might come to mind. However, having typed this immediately after watching the film, I now wish to try and forget the experience ever happened.

This movie is so horrible, it's hilarious! My friend and I watched this mainly because of Manu Bennett who plays Crixus in the show Spartacus. The acting was atrocious and slightly below the talent level of a group of third graders in their school play. But while it was utterly dreadful, it made my night! I was in hysterics throughout the whole entire movie. Words cannot describe how bad this movie is. You really have to see it to know what I'm talking about. If you want a good laugh, you should give this movie a go. It's about an hour and a half long, but I have a feeling that half of that was filler because they repeated themselves so often. It was either to give the movie some length or to recap what's been happening in case you weren't paying attention ten minutes ago. I don't think this constitutes as a spoiler, but I'll check the box in case; Sinbad has a catchphrase. "Details!"