In his world of deceptive advertising (termed "expedient exaggeration"), one cannot be trusted:Ah, Maggie, in the world of advertising, there's no such thing as a lie.King Pheron then called upon a trio of "cuthroat" Akkadian mercenaries ("trained for generations in the deadly arts"), led by eldest brother Mathayus, to kill the Sorceress of the bloodthirsty conqueror Memnon (Steven Brand), in exchange for payment of twenty blood rubies in a leather sack - the last funds in his treasury.With a sophisticated use of light, dark and shadows, moods and the contrast between rural 'country' life and urban 'city' life are emphasized through sun-lit and studio-lit exterior and interior shots...When the army canned Stuart, he must have loaded that unit with his own men," and that the firefight at the church was only a "sideshow.