A professor is transported to a fantasy world where academic qualifications are far less useful than a sword. The familiar outsider-becomes-hero story accumulates broad villains and improbable survival lessons, offering pulpy curiosity without quite becoming the heroic holiday its premise promises.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
7/10
Plot
9/10
Effects
4/10
Dialogue
6/10
Rewatchability
5/10
“The professor's field trip has become extremely difficult to expense.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 62
Synopsis and movie facts
American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his barbarian henchmen.