This one is a little hard to review because frankly, it's not a good movie. It's about a group of soldiers of fortune who break into the castle of deadly cult headed by a fanatical cleric known as Brother Jones (Emiliano Redondo).
We first meet adventurer J.T. Striker (Tony Anthony ) as he roams through the catacombs of a deserted castle in search of a key to the mysterious four crowns which allegedly contain powers that will solve all of man's problems. Along the way, he encounters flying bats, wild dogs and slithery snakes (Don't know where they all came from). He finally retrieves the key and returns to Professor Montgomery's home.
Montgomery and his assistant Socrates (Francisco Rabal)) are in possession of one of the magical crowns. Two of the others are in the possession of Brother Jonas and his followers. The key opens a lock revealing a scroll that I missed the point of. At any rate Striker joins up with Socrated and Montgomery and recruits a team consisting of a drunk, Rick (Jerry Lazarus), an aging circus clown, Edmond (Gene Quintrano) and a trapeze artist Liz (Ana Obregon). They plan to sneak into Brother Jones castle like compound and steal two of the remaining crowns.
Along the way, the mysterious key takes on a life of its own creating all sorts of flashing light effects for whatever reason. The group consisting of Striker, Liz, Edmond ,Rick and Socrates manage to "slip into" the castle undetected with piles of equipment to pursue their goal. Nowc it seems the castle is protected by an elaborate laser system. (Don't know where the cult got the money or expertise for this).
By climbing over the security system using a series of trapeze like equipment, they finally reach their goal but not before the tragic loss of three of the five members of the team. Finally the survivors reach the two crowns and....................................................................................
"The Treasure of the Four Crowns" was filmed in 3-D and there are plenty of "comin' at ya" effects throughout the film. In 2-D, the effects are less effective thereby taking away from the "excitement" of the movie.
The ending is particularly bizarre and has to be seen to be believed (or not). And hey, where was the fourth crown in all of this.
We first meet adventurer J.T. Striker (Tony Anthony ) as he roams through the catacombs of a deserted castle in search of a key to the mysterious four crowns which allegedly contain powers that will solve all of man's problems. Along the way, he encounters flying bats, wild dogs and slithery snakes (Don't know where they all came from). He finally retrieves the key and returns to Professor Montgomery's home.
Montgomery and his assistant Socrates (Francisco Rabal)) are in possession of one of the magical crowns. Two of the others are in the possession of Brother Jonas and his followers. The key opens a lock revealing a scroll that I missed the point of. At any rate Striker joins up with Socrated and Montgomery and recruits a team consisting of a drunk, Rick (Jerry Lazarus), an aging circus clown, Edmond (Gene Quintrano) and a trapeze artist Liz (Ana Obregon). They plan to sneak into Brother Jones castle like compound and steal two of the remaining crowns.
Along the way, the mysterious key takes on a life of its own creating all sorts of flashing light effects for whatever reason. The group consisting of Striker, Liz, Edmond ,Rick and Socrates manage to "slip into" the castle undetected with piles of equipment to pursue their goal. Nowc it seems the castle is protected by an elaborate laser system. (Don't know where the cult got the money or expertise for this).
By climbing over the security system using a series of trapeze like equipment, they finally reach their goal but not before the tragic loss of three of the five members of the team. Finally the survivors reach the two crowns and....................................................................................
"The Treasure of the Four Crowns" was filmed in 3-D and there are plenty of "comin' at ya" effects throughout the film. In 2-D, the effects are less effective thereby taking away from the "excitement" of the movie.
The ending is particularly bizarre and has to be seen to be believed (or not). And hey, where was the fourth crown in all of this.