Dark of the Sun Reviews

Having been an amateur boxing champion prior to his venture into acting presented Taylor with the vigour and physicality to do his own action scenes in some of his nerve wrecking action films. When “DOTS” was filmed, Taylor, with natural hand-eye coordination, was in excellent shape for the terrific action scenes of the rugged, hard-boiled Curry which he did all by himself with exemplary flair, earning rave reviews from his fans as a role tailor-made for him. In fact, the audience loved Taylor for being capable to portray roles which demanded virility and dynamism. The six-foot four, solidly built Jim Brown is the hard-bitten mercenary Sgt. Ruffo. The macho counterpart of Curry Brown reeked of testosterone. Well-built with imposing physical features, and moving with the undulating grace of a big panther, the sheer splendour of his physical presence filled the screen.
Rod Taylor and Jim Brown lead an army of tough, hardened mercenaries, physically fit and including a wild-card member of the team, a sadistic Nazi psycho. As a mercenary, he really "enjoys his work. He and Taylor develop a vicious enmity and finally go at it 'mano a mano'. In an action sequence that reaches the limits of alpha male rage, the two studs wrestles whilst dangling from vines and struggling in river water, until Curry first disables Henlein, breaking his arm and almost drowning him, before stabbing him to death. It’s the traditional action-revenge finale . Rod Taylor is the virile, tough guy slaughtering a German murderer to avenge Brown .
Testosterone levels are huge, this is one movie where the testosterone is heavy, everyone sweats a lot , brown muscles glistening at the sun. Lots of brutal scenes : white Afrikaner merc gets captured by the horde and is bent over a pool table without his pants in hardcore brutality, the white guy being doused with gasoline while being dragged from a motorcycle …It’s a mindless action flick with plenty of blood spilled