Le massacre des Burgondes

WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY 2 is the immediate follow-on from the first movie. With Siegfried dead thanks to treachery, Brunhilde now seeks revenge, but it won't be so easy as she is propelled into a complex political world in which everybody is out for him or herself.

I found this to be the lesser of the two films, although most of the cast and crew return for this follow-up; Herbert Lom is also along for the ride. The movie lacks a decent heroic lead like Siegfried in the first film and instead gets bogged down in overly convoluted plotting and intrigue. Karin Dor gives a fine performance, though, and the addition of Attila the Hun to the storyline can only be a good thing.

Whereas the first movie was an all-out fantasy epic, WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY 2 goes for more of an action-adventure template, culminating in some large battle scenes which are fairly well achieved on what must have been a limited budget. However, the film as a whole is a bit bogged down with its own importance, and just not as much fun as the first instalment.