Review of Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage (2014) by Patrick S — 15 Dec 2014

When I first saw the trailer for this film in late 2013, I was really looking forward to seeing it. Now that I saw this 'direct-to-video' (a bad sign in itself) on pay per view, I'm very disappointed on many levels.

The acting is about the same caliber one would find in a junior high school Christmas pagent. Why Patrick Stewart got involved with this turkey is still a mystery since his voice over as Sinbad is irrelevant and unnecessary.

The stop motion animation is very poor and just seems to be stuck into the story because some guy the producers knew had some footage they could use. No sense of wonder or excitement exists anywhere in the film which, again, begs the questions as to why it was made in the first place.

Since it stars the films so-called writer & director in all three roles suggests that it is a vanity project along the likes of what we saw years ago with Pauley Shore. Some have written that it is campy.

No, it just stupid and a waste of time.