The Match (1999)

IS RICK OVER THE HILL?
This fourth entry in the DEATHSTALKER series marks the return of the original hero, Rick Hill. While Hill is looking remarkably fit for a middle-aged man, his performance is so lethargic it's a wonder why he even agreed to do it at all. Add the incredibly bad Maria Ford and others, and you get a really bad sword and sorceror flick that makes little if any sense. Only Brett Clark as the doofus hunk and Michelle Moffett as the evil queen come out with any semblance of acting ability. Little to recommend this clunker though!

Badly good
I got this movie because I have been a fan of Rick Hill since before his B movie days. I saw DS1 and thought it was a typical silly B movie, but this one is much better. The acting is better and it doesn't take itself seriously (as in, in addition to being unintentionally funny, it has some real humor). Yeah, I'm biased because I'd watch Rick watch paint dry. But if you like this kind of sword and sorcery with scantily clad chicks in it, (and some hot guys too), it's a lot of fun.

A sorry excuse
Okay this is sadly the worst in the series. They brag that Rick Hill is back because he is the original Deathstalker yet when you watch it you realise that its a way to save money buy littering the whole movie with clips from part 1 and a few from part 3. Some people like the firts movie best, some the 2nd and some the 3rd but nobody the 4th. I will say this however. Finaly the picture that Boris Vallejo drew for the movie is a seen in the movie(with the exception that Rick Hill has blonde hair). But if your a fan and you have to see it whynot. Okay I admit it is nice to see the original (almost evil himself) Deathstalker return to kill more wizards. Also there is a cool picture on the back of the box of a stone-man getting his head split open wich isn't in the movie.