La spada e la magia

From the reviews above, i expected an ultra low-budget, creatively bankrupt titty-palooza.

What I got was something at least marginally better than all that. Sure, it's sword&sorcery on a budget, but it's far from ultra-low! On the contrary there are numerous sets, tons of costumes, exotic animals, even some animatronics! They obviously had real stuntmen, fight choreography, and all the trappings of an actual movie production. What I'm getting at here is, if you've seen many sword & sandal films as I have, just know that this is far from the cheapest. It has more production value than an episode of TV's Xena, for instance.

Yes, there is plenty of nudity. And sex in general has the importance of a subplot throughout the flick, but it's also far from those films that are blatant excuses to show some boobies and nothing more. The movie has a story that's understandable and fable-like, and it's interesting enough to stand on its own, titties or no titties.

If you like the Sword & Sorcery genre, just know that you could do a lot worse.