Minotaur

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Tragic Waste of Film.......2007-08-12

Upon finishing this movie, 2 questions come to mind: 1)WHY did they bother to make this?? and 2)HOW did the 2 idiots that wrote this moronic screenplay get any employment in the film industry?? For starters, why did they not make this closer to the legend and set it in ancient Greece instead of "the iron age"? I mean, "Theo" from the village of "Thena", sheesh! I know people today aren't as educated as they should be, but the writers display an absolute contempt for their audience that is unforgiveable. And did they think we would care about a bunch of annoying, 25 yr old "teenagers" who are apparently too mentally challenged to shut the hell up after the first one or two get killed because they wouldn't, well, shut the hell up? Did they think we were stupid enough to believe that? Not half as stupid as the writers who couldn't come up with anything better. And the saddest part is that this flick doesn't even have enough heart to be unintentionally funny. One would think the director would have fired the writers or at least tried to improve on the script, but, no. Apparently, the director had also suffered from oxygen deprivation in his youth.

Some have mentioned that this is a bigger budget cut above the typical sci-fi network production. Unfortunately, though they threw more money at it, they used the same, no-vision incompetents that make all their other pathetic movies, so they might as well have flushed that money down the toilet. Too bad, because the FX work on the monster was actually pretty decent. Interesting take on the minotaur, too (instead of a human body with a bull's head, it is a quadruped bull with deformed human-like features). Saying that this one is better than Sci-Fi's other movies is no compliment at all. There should be a law that all of their DVDs should be prominently marked as such. I have never seen even a halfway good movie come out of them. Not one. Every Sci-Fi channel movie is some dumbed down, retarded teen-filled mess trying to reach grade B status and failing miserably. WHY do they insist on making more?? I can't find anyone stupid enough to like them. This movie didn't even make a good beer and chips flick, it was too frustrating. What a waste of Rutger Hauer, Tony Todd, and Ingrid Pitt. Rent at your own risk, but don't say you weren't warned. And don't even think of buying it, if you value your self respect. Fifteen thumbs down.

Major disappointment.......2007-06-27

How could I resist a movie starring Rutger Hauer and Ingrid Pitt? And based on the Minotaur legend, it sounded very interesting. And it's obvious that a lot of money and effort has gone into making the scenery. Unfortunately, that's the only good thing that can be said about the movie. It's a mystery how anyone could greenlight such a bad, incoherent screenplay. It starts out okay but goes downhill very quickly and after less than half an hour you're just hoping the movie will end soon. And for Mr. Hauer and Ms. Pitt, they don't have more than a couple of minutes of screen time. "Minotaur" is definately not worth wasting time and money on.

Loved it.......2007-02-19

Great Adventure Film. I thought the beast was superbly rendered. The acting was hap hazzard but a superb Friday night watch.

Great Achivement.......2006-09-02

i was suprised when i first saw this movie on the SciFi Channel, it was quit good for a indapendantly produced picture. the storyline was great and the acting was average. i realy think that if you enjoy Monster-B Movies you will enjoy this one. its one of my favorites.

MINOTAUR: A LOT OF BULL.......2006-08-06

The Scifi Channel isn't known for giving us great movies, but they usually do better than this incohesive mess. Set in the dark ages or somewhere around there, we're introduced to a village that must sacrifice eight youths to the vicious Minotaur on the isle of Minos. The chieftain (a cameo by Rutger Hauer) is allowed to keep his young son (Tom Hardy) from being chosen because he is next in line for the kingdom, but when son's fiancee is whisked away for sacrifice and he is told by a leper woman (Ingrid Pitt) that she is alive, son decides to sneak in and kill the dreaded beast. Once taken to Minos, Candyman himself (Tony Todd) appears, snorting gas from some kind of seashell and acting like some kind of god himself. Needless to say, all of the son's friends and he are dropped in for food for the minotaur and most of the movie is spent with the characters trying to elude the monster, but not smart enough to stop yapping or screaming to avoid it.
The Minotaur effects are substandard and the whole thing just doesn't gel. Nice try folks but really just a lot of bull.

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Minotaur (A.K.A Mossad)

Minotaur
Starring: Georges Corraface , Dan Turgeman , and Mili Avital
Director: Jonathan Tammuz
Manufacturer: Allumination
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0002OXVBE
Release Date: 2004-06-15

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Minotaur (A.K.A Mossad).......2005-06-30

This is a joint film between Israel and United States. It seems more Israeli except Some famous US Cast like Mili Avital and Josh Lucas. The question is why Israel have made such movie? It's not an Advertising and promotional movie for Israel. They pictured Mossad agents as Natural born psychic assasins. Although Israel is a democratic country but making such movies dont seem too patriotic! All I can say is "An Israel made movie with an Arab point of view story!"
If you close your eyes on this matter, it's really a good movie with exciting story, brilliant actings and good directing! You'll not regret of watching it
Let's have some words about DVD too. A single-layer DVD. Menu is very primitive. No subtitles. Feature presented in Fullscreen. Although DVD case indicates that it contains movie trailer, but there is no sign of trailer in DVD. only the movie!
And At last, this movie have released in Europe as "MOSSAD" which is really meaningless. Monotaur is more reasonable!

Crypt of Terror: Land of the Minotaur/Terror

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Luckily for you, there's a morning after!

Crypt of Terror: Land of the Minotaur/Terror
Starring: Peter Cushing , Donald Pleasence , Costas Skouras , Luan Peters , and Dimitris Bislanis
Director: Costas Karagiannis , and Norman J. Warren
Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse
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ASIN: B000H5U698
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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Luckily for you, there's a morning after!.......2007-08-25

Man, the films on this DVD released by Bci / Eclipse were nothing short of a bad grindhouse experience. The only reason I bought it was to see Cushing and Pleasance. I thought seeing them together in one flick would be amazing. Boy was I wrong.

Another thing, BCI did nothing to clean these prints up. Minotaur had a couple of annoying digital artefacts: grain, scratches, missing frames, washed out colors, and low res video. Audio was also of poor quality.

I guess I can't blame them since they probably knew in advance that this movie sucked and they didn't want it to cut into their profit.

Terror was a little more engaging but that's not saying much.

Luckily for you and me, there's a morning after where we can look forward to something better.

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Forbidden Sun
Starring: Lauren Hutton , Cliff De Young , Svetislav Goncic , Robert Beltran , and Viveka Davis
Director: Zelda Barron
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00008ZZ94
Release Date: 2003-04-01

Cop Out ~ Starring: Gregg Rockwell, Blake Kennedy (Gay Feature)

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Cop Out ~ Starring: Gregg Rockwell, Blake Kennedy (Gay Feature)
Starring: Blake Kennedy
Director: Ross Cannon
Manufacturer: Studio 2000
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Product Features:

Interactive Menus
Chapter Listings
DVD-ROM Compatible
Picture Gallery
No Regional Coding.

ASIN: B000M3M68Y

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If you break the law get ready to get broken in the new hit DVD COP OUT. See these hot men on blue take down more than just the crooks. Against the wall and spread em!

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Minotaur
Starring: Mili Avital , Dan Turgeman , Christine Jones , Georges Corraface , and Josh Lucas
Director: Jonathan Tammuz
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000087I1B

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Bottleneck

Manufacturer: CustomFlix
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Forbidden Sun
Starring: Viveka Davis , Cliff De Young , Renée Estevez , Svetislav Goncic , and Christine Harnos
Director: Zelda Barron
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000AP0550
Release Date: 2005-08-04

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Theseus & the Minotaur

Manufacturer: Schlessinger Media
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Educational | Genres | DVD | Video
ASIN: B000OIP3SC
Release Date: 2006-05-23

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