Ator 2 – L'invincibile Orion
1984 film by Joe D'Amato
Ator 2 – L'invincibile Orion ("Ator 2: Orion the Invincible"), or The Blade Master (North American title), is a 1982 Italian sword and sorcery film directed by Joe D'Amato, and starring Miles O'Keeffe as Ator, Charles Borromel as Akronos, Lisa Foster as Mila (daughter of Akronos), and David Brandon as Zor.
Plot
Akronos has discovered the Geometric Nucleus during the course of his research. The Nucleus is a device of incredible power that could be used as a terrible weapon in the wrong hands. Akronos feels that the Nucleus must be kept from evil men at all costs. When he learns that the evil Zor and his army are approaching his castle, he asks his daughter Mila to bring his former student Ator back to help defeat him. Mila runs away to find Ator. Zor's soldiers enter and begin beating Akronos, but Zor angrily sends them away to maintain his magnanimous image.
Mila is pursued by Zor's soldiers and is wounded by them but continues to stagger towards Ator's home. At last, she arrives, and Ator uses his medical knowledge to heal her wound. She is then able to convince him that she is the daughter of Akronos, and that her father is in terrible danger.
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