Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991):

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991):

“Dar is a warrior who can talk to the beasts. He is forced to travel to Earth to stop his evil brother from stealing an atomic bomb and turning their native land from a desert into, well - a desert.”

This one is a bit different! The evil wizard Arklon travels through time to 1991. There, with the help of Lyranna, he hopes to get a neutron bomb from a testing facility in L.A. Lyranna pronounces it “Ellay” like it's part of their mystical world. The rest is an action-comedy as Dar The Beastmaster fights through shopping malls to the testing facility to stop Arklon.

Dar is guided through the 1990s with the help of Jackie Trent. It's good satire. People just keep mistaking Arklon for a really eccentric rich person. It's not the serious action high fantasy of the original. But, it is good for a few laughs. Dar still has his beasts: the tiger Ru, the ferrets Podo and Kodo, and the eagle Sharak.

At one point, Jackie asks Dar which ferret is Kodo and which is Podo. He responds simply “Yes.” It doesn't really matter! Marc Singer as always is great as Dar trying to take down his evil wizard brother. If you go into it with the mindset that it's a comedy, I recommend it! But, if you want the serious Beastmaster films, skip it. I like that they tried something different.