Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011)

• Year: 2011
• Released: 21 May 2011
• Country: Australia
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1577065/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sinbad_and_the_minotaur
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
• Runtime: 88 min
• Writer: Jim Noble
• Director: Karl Zwicky
• Cast: Manu Bennett, Steven Grives, Holly Brisley
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3.2/10

Sinbad and the Minotaur Storyline

In this re-imagining of Greek and Arabic folk tales, legendary voyager Sinbad (Manu Bennett, Spartacus: Blood and Sand) and his hearty crew of sailors and adventurers seek a long lost treasure. Sinbad, armed with rumors of ancient gold, finds himself sneaking into the desert camp of the evil sorcerer Al-Jibar. Hidden among the many relics is an ivory scroll case containing the logs of the pirate Captain Minos which will lead Sinbad to the golden head of the Colossus of Rhodes. Also in Al-Jibar’s tent, Sinbad finds the captured princess Tara, taken and forced into Al-Jibar’s harem. When a guard raises the alarm, Sinbad fights and escapes with both the scroll case and Tara in tow. Rounding up his motley crew, Sinbad, and the newest crew member Tara, set sail for the island hiding place of the treasure. Following in hot pursuit is an angry and humiliated Al-Jibar. On arrival Sinbad and crew find the island’s villagers aloof and strangely bemused. Deciphering Captain Minos’ journals, they discover an underground labyrinth, but upon entering find that it’s not only booby-trapped, but home to the monstrous and fearsome Minotaur. Sinbad and his band escape the labyrinth, but with the loss of a friend and crew member. But Al-Jibar too has landed on the island with his soldiers and henchmen seeking vengeance. The cursed island villagers go mad, sprouting horns, trying to kill the intruders at the behest of the now woken Minotaur. Beset on all sides, can Sinbad recover the Colossus’ golden head, win Tara’s heart, and get himself and his crew off the island alive?

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Lame Movie with a Good Story and Awful Acting and Costumes

Sinbad (Manu Bennett) steals the Chronicles of the King Minos from the camp of the evil sorcerer Al-Jibar (Steven Grives) with the location of the golden head of the Colossus of Rhodes. He also saves the slave Tara (Holly Brisley) and brings her to his ship.

Sinbad sails with Tara and his crew to the Island of Minos and they meet a village of descents of Minos. They learn that the treasure is guarded by the Minotaur in a labyrinth and Sinbad gets rid of the beast. When they are celebrating, Al-Jibar arrives in the village with the flesh eater Seif (Jared Robinson) and his army, and demands the scroll for him. Out of the blue, the villagers turn into beasts and attack the outsiders. Who will survive?

“Sinbad and the Minotaur” is a lame movie with a good story and awful acting and costumes. The non-charismatic Manu Bennett looks like Rambo or a marine with his hair cut and his acting is limited to grimaces. Lily Brown is histrionic in the role of the priestess Arianna. The villains Al-Jibar and Seif are sinister and Holly Brisley is very sexy. Despite the low-budget, the acting and costumes could be better. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): “Sinbad e o Minotauro” (“Sinbad and the Minotaur”)

So awful it’s hilarious!

I watched Sinbad and the Minotaur with nothing else better to do, but while I was dubious of whether it would work it turned out to be worse than I expected. Production values-wise, it’s a cheap-looking film, with costumes reminiscent of bad fancy dress, scenery that is not authentic at all and camera work that looks flat and rushed. I have seen worse effects in my lifetime, but although I do realise it was low-budget Sinbad and the Minotaur doesn’t in my view look as though a lot of effort went into it. The minotaur has some menace but is too much of a giant bull rather than half-man/half-bull from mythology. The dialogue is terribly cheesy, but hilariously so at the same time, and while the idea was good the story was dull with no genuine thrills, imagination, fun and suspense and everything screams of being done before in adventure/fantasy films and better. The direction is sloppy, and the acting is pretty atrocious, with Manu Bennett having none of the charisma needed for the role of Sinbad. In fairness though, the characters are not interesting at all and have no life to them, the villain is especially flat. In conclusion, an awful film but if you watch it for novelty value you might get some enjoyment out of it. 1/10 Bethany Cox

This has to be a joke. Is it April 1st? Sadly it’s not…

There used to be A-Movies and B-Movies. This is a Z-Movie. After watching the first half, I decided to bail. Because I needed to brush my teeth and that was much more interesting than any masochistic urge to continue hurting my eyes with this tripe.

In all seriousness, this was made in my home town, and I would dearly love to offer some support to our ailing industry. But to be brutally honest – after the embarrassing travesty of another recent Australian film – “Tomorrow, When the War Began” – I thought things couldn’t get worse. Well they have. Much worse in fact. I don’t know where to begin in trying to offer a sensible review: perhaps suffice to say try and think of the worst movie you have seen in your life. Well this is a new candidate for that title. I truly can’t think of a single positive aspect to this movie. It’s about Sinbad???

Maybe…just maybe, your 4 year old might like this on DVD.

So unless you work for the studio and are forced to watch this, please save your time and money and do something more productive with your time.

1/10