Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982) on Netflix
PG19821h 32m
Ator grows up in a village unaware he was adopted, marked by a birthmark the Spider Cult fears. Cult soldiers raid his wedding and take Sunya, and he sets out after them.
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Plot summary
In a land under the power of the Spider Cult, a baby is born with a birthmark that marks him as the one who will destroy the cult. Its high priest, Dakkar, tries to have the child killed, so the mark is hidden and the boy is taken to a distant village, where a couple raise him as their own son, Ator. As a young man, Ator loves Sunya, the girl he believes to be his sister, and asks his father for leave to marry her. His father tells him he was adopted. On their wedding day, soldiers of the cult raid the village and carry off several women, Sunya among them. Ator sets out after the raiders.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Director Joe D'Amato said in a statement in Nocturno that Miles O'Keeffe, who played Ator, had a nice athletic physique and was a nice guy but recited his lines badly and behaved listlessly during fight scenes. He praised weapons master Franco Ukmar's work on O'Keeffe.
- The film was featured in Season 12 of Mystery Science Theater 3000 in November 2018, and was parodied by RiffTrax, whose team of former MST3K alumni included Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett, in March 2017.
