While navigating his ship at sea "Captain Sinbad" (John Phillip Law) retrieves a strange amulet which was dropped from the claws of a small flying creature just moments earlier. Although some members of his crew believe it to be a bad omen Sinbad picks it up and then proceeds to fasten it onto a small chain to wear around his neck. That night he suddenly has a strange but powerful vision of a beautiful woman and a sinister, black-cloaked man. Not long afterward a fierce storm hurls his ship off course and in the morning he and his crew find that they have come to the shores of a strange land known as Marabia. Being curious, Sinbad goes ashore and suddenly comes face to face with an evil, black-cloaked magician named "Koura" (Tom Baker) who attempts to take his amulet by force. Luckily, Sinbad manages to escape into a nearby city and while there that he meets the city's "Vizier" (played by Douglas Wilmer) who eventually convinces him to undertake a dangerous journey to a mysterious island in search of an extremely valuable prize and riches beyond his imagination. And in exchange for taking both him and his spoiled son "Haroun" (Kurt Christian) on this mission he offers a slave by the name of Margiana (Caroline Munroe). And it just so happens that Margiana is the same beautiful woman he saw in his vision! However, he is warned that Koura is also interested in this prize and every effort must be made to get to this island before he does. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a pretty good fantasy film which benefited from a decent plot and reasonably good special effects for its time. Likewise, having a gorgeous actress like Caroline Munroe certainly didn't hurt in any way either. That being said, even though this film was clearly dated, it still has some good entertainment value and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
Review of The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
