The Swordsman

The Swordsman (1992)

Cop and accomplished fencer Andrew is assigned to protect archaeologist and museum curator Julie Wilkins, the only witness to the theft of the legendary sword of Alexander the Great. Andrew has recurring dreams about two men having a sword fight in what is to be a historical place. At his fencing club he meets Stratos, initiator of a deadly swordplay competition, who seems to be the key to both Andrew's haunting visions and the loss of Alexander's sword.

Date of release
1992-03-01
TMDB
4.3 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Fantasy, Action
Director
Michael Kennedy
Collection
The Swordsman Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

The Swordsman is a 1992 Canadian fantasy action film written and directed by Michael Kennedy and starring Lorenzo Lamas, Claire Stansfield and Michael Champion. Lamas stars as a police detective tasked with finding a stolen sword said to have once belonged to Alexander the Great, while coming to grips with the fact that he may well be the reincarnation of said ancient monarch.

Production

An early incarnation of The Swordsman was in the works with Michael Kennedy already attached to direct, but with Michael Paré and Robert Davi in the starring roles. According to Davi in a May 1990 item, he was going to play Stratos. However, in that version, his character was the one reincarnated from Alexander the Great, as well as the swashbuckling head of an eponymous shipping company.

The picture that saw release was filmed in the Toronto, Ontario, area between October 7 and November 19, 1991. During photography, it was given the title In Search of Alexander, although it later reverted to its original moniker of The Swordsman. It marked the first feature film leading role of actress Claire Stansfield, as well as her first intimate scene, for which she praised co-star Lorenzo Lamas' professionalism.

Robert Seale, a theater professor at Toronto's York University with a specialization in dramatic sword fighting, recruited the fencers and choreographed the swashbuckling action. Seale also doubled for the main antagonist played by Michael Champion. Building on that experience, he went on to co-found a new Canadian fight choreographers association, Fight Directors Canada, the following year.

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