GOR

–+-+– Gor –+-+– By Kevin

On March the 3rd 2014 the Plopcorn crew posted their first review for a film called “Outlaw of Gor”, a random film that looked like it would be really bad – and it turns out we were right!! What we didn’t know when we sat down to watch it was that Outlaw of Gor was a sequel to Gor. Finally we have found a copy of Gor and behold, we have watched and reviewed it.

Gor was released in 1987 tells the tale of Tarl Cabot, a man transported to a swords and sorcery land where he must save the day. Of course, at first Cabot is inept in the art of combat and is quickly caught by three evil soldiers mounted on horses who cast a net over him and sit back smugly with the glowing satisfaction of a job well done. Fear not though, for Cabot simply removes the net and throws it back at them; the gall of the man! What follows next is a Mr Bean like combat scene where Cabot trips and flops and somehow kills 3 trained warriors on horseback. However, Tabot can’t be expected to take on an entire kingdom using Bean Kung Fu and so cometh the training montage. Fully trained Cabot then proceeds on his quest, stopping off only to make a new companion, a dwarf that looks like mini Rick Flair (Wooooooooooo!).

So let’s get this out there first off, the lead villain is played by Oliver Reed, yes, the actual Oliver Reed. Ollie manages to play one of the best worst villains we have ever witnessed, he is camper than Liberace in a pink tent and manages to bring a bizarre quite Shakespearean quality to his character that is just weirdly brilliant. You really must look out for his maniacal laugh towards the end of the film, which is more like a naughty schoolboy tittering and almost made us pee our pants with laughter.

Watching this film is a pleasure for all the wrong reasons If you were to execute the various contributors in order of worst performance it is a real toss up. Is it the Costume Designer, who clearly has some sort of homo-erotic tendencies; should it be the Fight Choreographer, who has been outclassed in play fights that 9 year old children perform in school most weeks; could it be the Musical Director, who clearly plagiarised some 1940’s sci-fi show; or the actors themselves; the list is endless really. Yet, we laughed and joked throughout and had a great time doing it.

Let’s be honest, Gor is a terrible film, it took just $159,731 at the box office and let’s face it, that probably didn’t even cover Oliver Reed’s bar bill. However, it is so bad it is brilliant in our view and is one of those golden nuggets we seek .

So finally, the film concludes with an appearance by Jack Palance where he effectively says “Don’t mind me, I’m just a priest, I’m not at all evil, nothing to see here”; setting us up nicely for the sequel “Outlaw of Gor”. This is where it gets interesting, because we think the sequel may be better than the original, though by better we mean worse, which makes it better for us you understand. Yes, somehow, through levels of incompetence we cannot put into words, Outlaw of Gor has made it onto a list that few sequels can ever achieve – it is better than the original. Clearly this is madness and we will likely revisit Outlaw of Gor to make sure we are not mistaken, and perhaps refresh our review while we are at it.

So if you love bad films then get Gor and Ourlaw of Gor, some beers, some snacks and some friends and fill your boots.

So bad it hurts with laughter!

Gor on IMDB