Suffice it to say, nobody was eager to see it when they could just watch the original again.
He explained it as, “What am I really defending here?
I’m defending some colorful action scenes… but really, I can’t recommend it.”
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After a short-lived television series in the 1950s, a film was produced starringTanya Roberts.
This includedRed Sonja, another character fromConancreatorRobert E. Howard, which failed to live up to its predecessor.
The film’s poor quality hadSiskel and Ebert in stitchesduring their review.
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This makes it all the more unfortunate that its sequels got progressively worse.
The fourth film reaches new levels of bad, with the shark having a vendetta against the Brody family.
Siskel and Ebert had a balltearing apart this film, from its terrible effects and writing to awful editing.
He was especially enraged that the film opened on such a cheap dream sequence.
He takes Mimi-Siku back to Paris, where all sorts of hijinks ensue.
The film was the second-highest-grossing movie in France behindThe Lion Kingand eventually made its way to North America.
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