Although I gave both movies the same vote,I think that Crimson Pirate has more to offer.
Anyway,"the Flame and the Arrow" still remains a very entertaining movie with great action sequences. The acting is also very good,especially by one of my personal favorites Burt Lancaster(Dardo) and Nick Cravat(Piccolo),who both clearly enjoy their role and that's why they did it again in "the Crimson Pirate".The acrobatic sequences are sublime and really done by both actors,since they were old acrobat buddies.
Like Steve Macqueen would do later on on a bike,Lancaster is the hero who can show his acrobatic skills.Especially the last sequence of the movie shows that. Another great part of the film is the presence of the always beautiful Virginia Mayo,in my opinion the most beautiful actress ever together with Grace Kelly.
The story is not very hard to follow,which makes it more entertaining to pay attention to the several great action sequences,like the first attempt of Dardo to rescue his son and the final battle,which is maybe a bit chaotic.
Still,it has some weird and sometimes even unexplainable moments.For instance,when young Rudi is captured by Ullrich's men he laughs in the camera where he should be crying. And there is a very strange sequence near the end of the movie when the circus master looks at the bear and there is a guy with a wooden leg(!!) standing in the corner,absolutely weird!
Overall,a very entertaining medieval period movie! 9/10
Anyway,"the Flame and the Arrow" still remains a very entertaining movie with great action sequences. The acting is also very good,especially by one of my personal favorites Burt Lancaster(Dardo) and Nick Cravat(Piccolo),who both clearly enjoy their role and that's why they did it again in "the Crimson Pirate".The acrobatic sequences are sublime and really done by both actors,since they were old acrobat buddies.
Like Steve Macqueen would do later on on a bike,Lancaster is the hero who can show his acrobatic skills.Especially the last sequence of the movie shows that. Another great part of the film is the presence of the always beautiful Virginia Mayo,in my opinion the most beautiful actress ever together with Grace Kelly.
The story is not very hard to follow,which makes it more entertaining to pay attention to the several great action sequences,like the first attempt of Dardo to rescue his son and the final battle,which is maybe a bit chaotic.
Still,it has some weird and sometimes even unexplainable moments.For instance,when young Rudi is captured by Ullrich's men he laughs in the camera where he should be crying. And there is a very strange sequence near the end of the movie when the circus master looks at the bear and there is a guy with a wooden leg(!!) standing in the corner,absolutely weird!
Overall,a very entertaining medieval period movie! 9/10