The version shown on Turner Classic Movies several years ago, is different than the version available on VHS. In the TCM version, the girl is hung upside down twice and is threatened with having her feet burned with a torch. In the VHS version, the girl is twice is hung up by her wrists, and she is threatened with being burned with acid. At least one other poster has mentioned about the girl being hung upside down. The VHS version may have been edited with different segments in order to avoid censorship. I have not yet seen the DVD version, which recently became available.
The VHS version of the movie is fun to watch, if you are a fan of fantasy Arab movies like myself. The plot is predictable and cheesy, the humor is almost slapstick but who cares. The fight scenes are short, the stuntmen do their stunts, sometimes with flaming arrows in their backs. The genie, who offers to grant three wishes, actually does more than he is asked to do, apparently for his own amusement. That last part is a nice twist on the story.
The VHS version of the movie is fun to watch, if you are a fan of fantasy Arab movies like myself. The plot is predictable and cheesy, the humor is almost slapstick but who cares. The fight scenes are short, the stuntmen do their stunts, sometimes with flaming arrows in their backs. The genie, who offers to grant three wishes, actually does more than he is asked to do, apparently for his own amusement. That last part is a nice twist on the story.