For nondiscriminating action fans who like their sword-and-sandal flicks laced with a dose of science fiction, GOR may prove a mildly entertaining if derivative adventure in another world. Urbano Barberini stars as absent-minded college professor Tarl Cabot who, through the combination
of an auto accident and his owning a magical ring, is jolted into a bizarre and desolate place known as Gor, a counterworld that exists alongside our own in a simultaneous present. Although he's a milquetoast on Earth, Cabot is a new man on Gor; he whips off his glasses, takes a crash course in
archery, and turns into the long-awaited savior of Gor. And not a moment too soon: former ...
Released:
1989
Rated:
PG
Length:
94 mins