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Hundra

Hundra

Movie · 1983 · 8 people

Hundra is a 1983 sword-and-sandal fantasy, with action and adventure elements, directed and co-written by Matt Cimber. A co-production of Spain, Italy and the United States, it was distributed in the US by Film Ventures International on August 1, 1983, and in Germany it circulates as Warrior Queen. Over the years it has come to be regarded as a cult film.

Laurene Landon stars as the Amazonian warrior Hundra, born into a fierce tribe of warrior women and raised to despise the influence of men and to belittle them. A skilled archer and swordswoman, she is a match for any man. One day she finds her family massacred and sets out on a great quest for revenge, a struggle that lasts until she finds a mate who is her equal. The cast also includes Cihangir Gaffari (Nepakin), who produced the film, Tamara (Chrysula), Victor Gans (Landrazza), María Casal and Ramiro Oliveros.

Critics were divided. Some praised it as a cheerful, thrilling, comic-book style sword-and-sandal fantasy, while others found the action and Landon's performance artificial and saw only camp value in it. Another reviewer called Landon a standout action actress and compared the film to Xena. It is also counted among the undervalued films of its era.

DirectorMatt Cimber
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Cihangir Gaffari Actor · 86 years old Laurene Landon María Casal Eduardo Fajardo Azucena Hernández Cristina Torres Ramiro Oliveros Luis Lorenzo

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Archer, swordswoman, a warrior woman out for revenge: on paper it is a pure action recipe. Some critics found it cheerful and thrilling, others found the fight scenes artificial. In my view both could be right. If you want serious, realistic fight choreography you may be let down; if you enjoy the cheap but fun camp flavour of the genre, you will get what you came for.

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What makes Hundra interesting is that it hands the lead of a male-dominated sword-and-sandal genre to a woman warrior. The idea of a tribe of women raised to belittle men carries the gender debates of its day into a fantasy world, which is why the comparison with Xena fits. Yet because the heroine's struggle lasts until she finds a mate who is her equal, the image of the independent woman is ultimately tied to a romantic union. The film thus pushes its era's idea of a female hero a step forward while plainly showing that idea's limits.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Matt Cimber's Hundra seems to owe its cult status largely to its unpretentious sincerity. A Spanish, Italian and American co-production, it knows it cannot compete with the genre's big-budget entries and embraces a comic-book tone as a deliberate choice. It is easy to see why critics found the action and Landon's performance artificial, though stylised acting is often part of the tone in films like this. The real question is where camp is a conscious style and where it is plain weakness; the film keeps shifting across that line and leaves viewers to decide which side it stands on. That it is counted among the undervalued films of its era suggests the ambiguity can also become an asset.

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