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Krull (1983)
All Hail The King
Director: Peter Yates, Rated PG-13
  Starring:
Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Alun Armstrong,
David Battley, Bernard Bresslaw, Liam Neeson, Dicken Ashworth,
Todd Carty, Robbie Coltrane, John Welsh
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"Kong's a pretty good king.
Keeps to himself, mostly. This is his home, we're just guests.
But you
don't go into someone's house and start dropping bombs, unless
you're picking a fight." -
Hank Marlow
Why watch this? To
experience a little old fashioned 80's space adventure!
Plot Summary:
Set on a fantastical world under siege by a malevolent alien
entity, known as the Beast, and his army of Slayers, the film
follows a young prince named Colwyn who must rescue his
kidnapped bride, Princess Lyssa. To defeat this cosmic threat
and unite their warring kingdoms, Colwyn embarks on a dangerous
quest to retrieve a legendary, five-pointed magical weapon
called the Glaive. Along his journey, he musters a ragtag band
of allies, including a wise old seer, a bumbling magician, and a
group of escaped convicts, to help him infiltrate the Beast's
constantly relocating Black Fortress.
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Dad's Preview:
In the wake of
Star Wars, and
Conan
the Barbarian, the market was flooded with
B-movie knock-offs in the sci-fi and fantasy genres.
Krull stands above most of them thanks to a
Shakespearean-trained British cast, and some of the most
creative special effects for that time (the crystal
spider scene is genuinely scary). Sure, there is a heavy
dose of 80's campiness and the sci-fi/fantasy plot is
waaaay out there. But that's also part of it's charm.
This is high sci-fi adventure: a princess is kidnapped,
a band of warrior-thieves seek to find her, but first
they must find a magical five-pointed weapon! What's not
to like? Strap on your weapons and joins the warriors of
Krull! |
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Columbia Pics,
Barclays Mercantile Industrial
Finance Ltd.; Columbia-EMI-Warner
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