Amazon women in Goliath Against the Giants (1961)

The queen and her warriors.

The amazons arent even in the poster.

Yet another peplum movie that features the Amazons for some parts of its plot. This reminded me of both Hercules and Colossus and the Amazon Women. In the first instance the Amazons were only there for a few scenes as part of the many adventures of Hercules in that movie and I was reminded of the second one because the costumes for the amazons are fairly similar to the ones seen in that film, with some notable alterations. 

In this movie, Goliath must dethrone an evil ruler who seeks to murder him but once he escapes an assassination attempt the mighty hero finds himself battling a sea monster and eventually ends up in Amazon territory after getting shipwrecked. His friend, Briseo, is kidnapped by the woman warriors, these amazons ambush Goliath and his people and take them to their leader.

An amazon held hostage.

Soon enough, a dissenting amazon warrior betrays her people and saves Goliath since he's the powerful hero who fights for justice, she then takes him to Briseo. After fighting with the tribe of amazons, Goliath and company escape, but the treacherous amazon simply goes along with them on their journey but doesn't do much. They make a sexist remark about not understanding women (a lady companion disappeared and left them behind) and then the story moves along.

The captain takes revenge.

The amazon women are generic and feature nothing new or interesting. They are good archers, skilled fighters and very antagonistic towards foreigners. Kind of known territory at this point. I do like how they are far more warrior-like than in the Hercules movie but since they are incidental characters they don't have as much personality as the ones in the Colossus movie. 

The traitor amazon and Goliath.

The rest is actually worth watching, it's a fun flick for peplum movie fans.

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