Le loup du désert

Lone Runner (1986) is an Italian movie that I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a post apocalyptic world where a King's daughter has been kidnapped by some bandits. The king hires a desert mercenary known as the Lone Runner to track down the bandits and bring his daughter home.

This movie is directed by Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust) and stars Miles O'Keeffe (Iron Warrior), Ronald Lacey (Raiders of the Lost Arc), John Steiner (Sinbad of the Seven Seas) and Hal Yamanouchi (The Wolverine).

This is definitely a movie that's more fun than good. The background music and settings were entertaining and the attire was random but well done. This has some modern western elements to it with some fun horse riding scenes and cool stunts, though I will say it's obvious full grown men execute many of the female characters stunts, which made me laugh. While most of the action scenes are average, you have to give the team that put this movie together a B+ for creativity.

Overall, this is a very average addition to the action genre with some cool elements that make it worth a watch. I would score this a 5/10 and recommend seeing it once.

Exceptionally dull post-apocalyptic effort from schlock director Deodato, stars ever-wooden Miles O'Keeffe (sporting another ridiculous hair-do) as Garrett, "The Lone Runner", a low-rent Mad Max on horseback, constantly out to free a princess (Savina Gersak) from the claws of greedy kidnappers, who are after her father's diamonds. Not much plot to get involved in, but a repetitive and mindless actioner with very little entertainment value. Huge disappointment from the director of "Cannibal Holocaust". It does, however, feature an outrageous performance by cult favorite John Steiner, acting like the errant offspring of Robbie Williams and Adam Ant.

Manly muscle-cake Miles O'Keefe and sultry siren Savina Gersak provide the scrummy eye candy for Italian icon Ruggero Deodato's exciting 80s action/fantasy 'Lone Runner'. Despicable desert bandits have kidnapped the handsome princess (Gersak) and steel-sinewed, stubble-chinned, crossbow-master hero Garrett(O'Keefe) rescues her for, hopefully, some plentiful, greatly deserved reward nookie! Not all too frequently mentioned, 'Lone Runner' remains a fun actioner, and maestro Deodato has never been a slouch when it comes to shooting thrillingly slam bang action scenes! I don't care who knows it, 'The Malacoots' is a righteous moniker for a brawling band of desperate desert brigands, and I also dig on composer Charles cooper's synth-tastic score! The Spaghetti Western dubbing and exotic middle-east location are manifestly part of the film's charm, and to its credit Lone Runner features some bravura stunt work, which is nothing less than what one expects from a quality Italian genre picture. I must profess to having an admittedly childlike appreciation of the stout-hearted hero who is capable of almost preternatural feats of derring-do! With an ice-breaker jaw that's tighter than a squirrel's sphincter, tall, heroically chiselled, conspicuously hunky Miles O'Keefe was always one of my favourite B-Movie warlords, and Lone Runner is one of his very best!

Miles O'Keeffe wears cowboy boots and a trench coat and rides around in the desert beating up arabs. He also has a crossbow with exploding arrows. Lots of action scenes, explosions, and fighting sold me on this one. I liked it. I assure you nobody else will though. You have to be a fan of cheesy Italian action movies already, develop a taste for em. For us who actually know who he is, we see John Steiner in one of his most dazzlingly silly performances yet! Worth watching just for Steiner. Why doesn't this guy act any more?