Io Semiramide

"Semiramide" (Yvonne Furneaux) is a beautiful but evil woman who happens to be a member of the court "Minuret" (Renzo Ricci) who is the ruler of the Assyrian Empire. Because she longs to be the complete ruler herself she schemes with a general named "Onnos" (Germano Longo) against Minuret while at the same time using Minuret to keep Onnos in check as well. Her main weakness however is her love for a captured king of the Dardanians by the name of "Kir" (John Erickson) who has been reduced to slavery under Onnos. Now rather than risk spoiling this movie for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was a satisfactory "sword and sandal" film for the most part. I especially liked the internal political drama created by both Semiramide and Onnos. Likewise, the presence of Yvonne Furneaux certainly didn't hurt the scenery either. Be that as it may, I rate this movie as slightly above average.