Leofwine_draca HUNDRA is another gender-swap variant on CONAN THE BARBARIAN, much like SHE and RED SONJA; the main difference is that this film is absolutely terrible. It's directed by the awful Matt Cimber, whose YELLOW HAIR film was equally dreadful, and like that film it stars non-acting blonde starlet Laurene Landon. This film was shot in Spain and had the dialogue dubbed in afterwards. The plot is a straight copy of that of CONAN, with Hundra's village being massacred while she goes on a rampage of revenge afterwards. But the execution is terrible, and the locations are the only good thing about this. Cimber's reliance on ridiculous, endless slow motion shots during his action sequences is not anyone's idea of good choreography; it's so bad, it's not even funny.

Jonathon Dabell The inexplicable craze for sword and sorcery during the 1980s saw some good films (Conan The Barbarian, The Beastmaster), some decidedly average film (The Sword And The Sorcerer, Hearts And Armour) and some downright abysmal films (Ator The Invincible, Gor, Deathstalker, and many more which I don't have ample space to list here). The only real surprise is that a genre of such limited appeal managed to stick around for the best part of seven or eight years, especially considering how shamelessly these movies tended to rip each other off. A peculiar sub-genre which arose at the time was that of the 'Feminist Fantasy Film' – best described as Conan-style movies in which the main character is always portrayed by a woman with considerable sword-wielding prowess. Well-known titles in this field would include the likes of Red Sonja, Gwendoline and Barbarian Queen, but the first film to use this idea was actually the 1983 offering Hundra. Alas, apart from introducing a new slant to this Neanderthal genre, Hundra comes across as a pretty dismal movie.A tribe of women survive in the wilderness without a single man amongst their number. The only time they mix with the male species at all is when they wish to be impregnated. Even then, if they give birth to a boy they simply give the baby away and try again until they have a girl. One member of the tribe – fierce, independent warrioress Hundra (Laurene Landon) – refuses to have any dealings with man-folk and proudly declares that she will never have children, preferring instead to hunt and kill and serve as a protector to the tribe. One day, while Hundra is away on an expedition, the entire tribe is slaughtered by an army of men. When Hundra returns, she finds that she is the last of her kind… and the only way she can repopulate the tribe is by going amongst the very men that massacred her brethren to find a suitable mate. She finds the task repugnant but accepts it anyway, as it is the only way to ensure her people will live on. But her fighting instinct refuses to stay down and she is soon leading a rebellion against the men-folk and their chauvinistic ways.It's hard to find many positives to say about Hundra. It has the dubious honour of inventing its own sub-genre, which is something at least, and the score from Ennio Morricone is every bit as lively and catchy as one would expect from this composer. Some of the battle sequences, especially early on, are put together quite competently too (though I would hesitate to call them truly rousing examples of screen spectacle). Apart from that, the film is a pretty sorry affair. None of the actors come across well despite their enthusiasm – the thick sound and awful lighting embarrasses them every step of the way. The film's message is as muddled as its perceived target audience – on the one hand, we are told how misogynistic men are and asked to celebrate as a woman hacks them down to size; yet at the same time we have this crusading warrioress riding around on her horse in the nude, showing plenty of tit, bum and pubic hair. It's like the film sets out to challenge cinematic degradation of women, but is happy to join in with it too, which is confusing and stupid in equal measure. The best way to approach Hundra is as a pure sword and sorcery film – it might not be a very good example of the genre, but it sure beats trying to figure out the movie's unfathomably cockeyed politics!

mpskentuk I think people over analyse the film. Laurene Landon was the original action woman of the 80's. She played a wrestler in All the Marlbes and did several more strong woman roles after that.People have also said they don't know why the Amazon tribe was attached at the start. Were they watching the film? The female narrator makes it clear that the men feared the women living a life on their own and either wanted to enslave them or kill them.As for the nudity part. It's obvious is it not? The women were meant to be shown as worthless slaves, pieces of meat for the men to use as they pleased.The one point I'd make is that ALL the men in the film are for the most part shown to be utter pigs and violent to woman. No one seems to have noted that, instead it's "Oh look a naked woman" I don't think I've seen a film where so many groin kicks were administered by one woman! I think it's a film worthy of a remake. There has been a lack of Amazon style films over the last few years. It seems a shame when there are so many good looking muscled women actors (like Cory Everson) out there.

TD Hundra is one of the best films of its genre. It combines humor and violence with attractive women doing most of the fighting. The movie starts with an ambush of an Amazon village and the destruction of all but one of the Amazon warriors. Her adventures and vengeance ensue in what only can be described as a very fun movie. The light soundtrack adds to the fun as some of the fight sequences come across almost as dance production numbers. But, it's not all fun and games. The characters can be and often are vicious and kill their opponents without mercy. This movie is 100 times better than its sister film "Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold" also starring Laurene Landon and filmed back to back.