Review of Knives of the Avenger (1966) by Hunter D — 06 Mar 2008

This movie gets points from me just for being a Viking movie, something we get precious few of. While I enjoyed the story and some of the swashbuckling action sequences, there's never really an emotional payoff with the lead character's sordid past and his connection to the supporting characters.

The climax scene was also...well...anti-climactic. Still, Bava makes the sets look great with his trademark use of lighting and slick camerawork (although he seemed more restrained here than in some of his other movies), and the knife-throwing action we get is a lot of goofy fun.