Minotaur (film)

It stars Tom Hardy, Tony Todd, Ingrid Pitt and Rutger Hauer.

Theo, son of the village chief Cyrnan, is haunted by the loss of his beloved Ffion in an earlier sacrifice.

He is taken captive to the capital with the others: Danu (Theo's best friend), Morna (Danu's love interest), Tyro (who initially resents Theo's high status), Didi (Tyro's love interest), Vena, Ziko, and Nan.

Raphaella had previously arranged for her handmaiden Ramaya to open the door from the other side, but Deucalion caught the servant and executed her.

The prince's death was blamed on Theo's village, resulting in them providing human sacrifices to appease the Minotaur, ensuring Minos' survival from the sated monster.

Theo tempts the beast into attacking him, lures it to the gas vent, and makes a spark with Ffion's amulet.

The gas ignites, and the flame engulfs that part of the labyrinth; Theo and Raphaella survive by diving into a water pond.

Injured but still enraged, the beast charges forward and collides with a rock, which drives the horn through its head, finally killing it.

With the Minotaur's and King Deucalion's deaths, the Minoan empire dissolves, and Theo becomes a legend for killing the monster.

The reviewer, J. Wheeler, wrote that, although it had a strong first act, the film was undone by slow pacing, and an unimpressive or scary monster design.