My review was written in August 1990 after watching the movie on RCA/Columbia video cassette.
Futuristic gladiator battles get a ho-hum runthrough in "Legion of Iron", a direct-to-video feature lacking in originality.
Preposterous opening has high school football star Kevin T. Walsh and his cheerleader girlfriend Camile Carrigan kidnapped on lovers' lane and flown to some faraway desert nation to be slaves to dominatrix ruler Erika Nann.
Following in a long line of escapist fare ranging from "Rollerball" to this year's "The Blood of Heroes", "Iron" depicts the hapless adventures of these two innocents trying to escape the clutches of sexy but evil Nann.
A black football star, Regie De Nrton, befriends Walsh and teaches him how to survive, all the while plotting an escape. Meanwhile, virginal Carrigan is raped as he victory prized by a victorious gladiator and gradually turned into a "bad girl" by Nann. Eventual escape following a team match against the Japanese is well-staged in the desert with exciting stunt work.
Nann's trashy performance with clothes to match sets the tone here, but film fails crucially to create the necessary excitement when the he-men do battle. Carrigan handles the transition from good to bad girl and back again with aplomb and Walsh makes a functional if nondescript hero.
Futuristic gladiator battles get a ho-hum runthrough in "Legion of Iron", a direct-to-video feature lacking in originality.
Preposterous opening has high school football star Kevin T. Walsh and his cheerleader girlfriend Camile Carrigan kidnapped on lovers' lane and flown to some faraway desert nation to be slaves to dominatrix ruler Erika Nann.
Following in a long line of escapist fare ranging from "Rollerball" to this year's "The Blood of Heroes", "Iron" depicts the hapless adventures of these two innocents trying to escape the clutches of sexy but evil Nann.
A black football star, Regie De Nrton, befriends Walsh and teaches him how to survive, all the while plotting an escape. Meanwhile, virginal Carrigan is raped as he victory prized by a victorious gladiator and gradually turned into a "bad girl" by Nann. Eventual escape following a team match against the Japanese is well-staged in the desert with exciting stunt work.
Nann's trashy performance with clothes to match sets the tone here, but film fails crucially to create the necessary excitement when the he-men do battle. Carrigan handles the transition from good to bad girl and back again with aplomb and Walsh makes a functional if nondescript hero.