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Summary: Definatly a fun B-Movie
Review: Right up there with Buckaroo Banzai, Big Trouble in Little China, Highlander (#1) this is one of the good B-Movies of the 1980's. Fun performances and interesting characters make this movie fun. VERY cliche but ya know sometimes that is a good thing. And Krull will always be in my top list of great films form my youth.
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Summary: Buy it on DVD
Review: There's nothing more to say than what has already been said by other reviewers. I just bought this title on DVD after watching it several times as a child. I just had to see what the big fuss was about, so I went out and bought the DVD version, and I was blown away by the picture quality. I have a HDTV (Digital TV), and it looks absolutely awasome !!!. The special effects and scenary is even better now than what I had remembered watching on Broadcast TV or VHS.
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Summary: Krull is one of those movies that never seem to get old!
Review: This is a highly recommended movie for anyone that is a fantasy/sci-fi freak. The effects are good and the plot is sensational. Today's movies seem to lack the best overall plot and substitute for high dollar effects. This movie does not lack in any department. I highly recommended this movie, so buy it TODAY!
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Summary: Something of an underrated classic....
Review: Since seeing this film for the first time on its theatrical release, I have felt that it's something of a minor masterpiece. It's definitely more than the sum of its parts, virtually all of which you might find in other films of the genre. Certainly, James Horner's score is one element that lifts this film above its competitors--it's one of the finest scores for a film of this type ever, and puts Horner in the company of John Williams and Bernard Herrman. The best way to describe the effect this film has is to say that it has the mysterious archetypal power of a compelling dream. It manipulates primal symbols like fire and water with great effectiveness. Some scenes (I think particularly of the Widow of the Web) seem to bubble up from the collective unconscious. If you have a taste for fantasy with a deep element of archetypal power, you need to see this. Either it works for you or it doesn't, but if it does, you cannot forget this film. It will haunt your dreams.
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Summary: Fantastic Picture, Excellent Sound Quality, Great DVD!!!!
Review: My family and I first saw this movie in the theater in 1983 when it was first released, and we fell in love with the characters and the story, and the principles that the movie instilled in those who were intelligent enough to have the insight to understand what the movie was REALLY about!! Anyone with a spiritual background will know what I mean! We have just received the DVD today, and are in fact playing it as I write this. It is fantastic, and in the widescreen 2:35/1, it is just like watching it in the movies once again, not missing any of the beautiful scenery or action!! The music is done by James Horner, who did the Star Trek music, and the Perfect Storm, among other great movies. Very uplifting movie, beautifully filmed and acted, and the DVD is tremendous!!! You will love this one!!!
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Summary: Believe the good reviews, this movie rocks..!
Review: A movie about love, fantasy, honour, action, and one of the most memorable scenes ever seen on film (The cyclops turning away from his destiny to save his friends, and dying a horrible death due to his unselfishness) this is the type of movie that you will remember forever. The actors were likable, the bad guy scary, I must say though I would have liked to have seen more of the Glaive as it is one of the greatest weapons ever seen in a film, James Horner's music was fantastic, the special effects were breathtaking and even now after 18 years, it is still a fun film to watch, get it if you want to remember a time were movies were made to entertain poeple, not made for critics to review and find fualts in. A trully great film.
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Summary: In a world of their own....
Review: It seems as if this movie is the victim of mediocre reviewing. Yes, it is not your top listed science fiction movie ever made but then again, you can regress to that time when a fantasy movie got in to your head and made you think....what if?This movie showed some nice scenery and better than average action scenes and well done music. If you have an imagination and a youthful spirit and are willing to let some fantasy enter your life just for the time it takes to watch this movie, you may just be pleasantly surprised. It was nice to see a lot of nice reviews here too because I agree with those reviews. This may never be in your top 10 list of sci-fi but then again, for what is in it and what it offers, it is enjoyable and worth watching and is not your run of the mill sci-fi movie either. And finally, it is now on DVD with a very large amount of special features. Well done.
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Summary: Good flick
Review: Krull is an excellent movie. When my dad bought it four to five years ago, I didn't realize it was the debut of Liam Neeson in that movie, but what's most important than that is that it has superb special effects, good plot, and a colorful cast of characters, including Lysette Anthony, who plays the kidnapped princess in this movie, is better in this movie than she was in 1995's "Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde." The princess role fits her better than a troubled fiance. Rated PG for violence.
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Summary: From a lost world - Earth, 1983....
Review: Krull, a very storybook looking world, suffers invasion by the myserious "beast" that lives at the heart of a dark fortress. The Fortress wanders the stars until it finds a new world to conquer and then, once landing there, teleports there with each passing sunset. Wherever the Dark Fortress sets itself, it disgorges hordes of Slayers - mindless servants who shoot energy beams at the enemies of the beast. With the technology of the planet not apparently advanced over your typical storybook kingdom, the Slayers meet pretty much no viable opposition. The ruling houses of Krull, joined against ancient feuds by the threat of the beast, plan to marry into each other, but the beast puts a stop to that. When slayers steal the princess and lay the castle waste, her once reluctant suitor (the prince, natch) musters an army of escaped convicts (just the men I want, says he), a wise sage (Freddie Jones), a magician (who reminds me a bit of Emo Williams) and the power in the mystical glave - a sort of ninja-star with a mind of its own - and sets out to get his princess and his planet back. Complicating this are those laser-armed slayers, various other monsters at the beast's disposal, and the fact that the Beast's fortress teleports around from place to place, never hinting at its next destination. On the plus side...well, the Prince really has no plus side, which gives the story some possibilities. Actually, Krull has pretty expensive looking production values, an epic-sounding James Horner score (He scored Wrath of Khan the year before, and this score appeared, in slightly different forms, in countless Conan rip-offs of the mid 1980's) and some talent, but its by a story that never becomes more than a hollywood pitch - fairytale meets Star Wars. There's a monster to be defeated, a princess to be saved, some scruffy guys who will become heroes, and a world to be freed - and not much to add to that. For one thing, what does the beast (who looks like an overgrown marmoset when he appears) want? Well, Lysette Anthony as the princess is a pretty obvious choice (but that would make beasts of us all). Ther's no sense that the story is nearing some conclusion that will spell doom for the world of Krull. Then there's Krull itself - we never get a sense of what the world and its civilization is really like, so it's difficult to root for. Though more human than the slayers and the beast, Krull's citizens seem pretty remote and unsympathetic. The criminals don't offer any fun charachterizations either. And then there's the beast - he takes many forms and breathes fire, but that's about all. He has no vision for Krull, and his palace, which should be a veritable chamber of horrors only offers some uninspired mortal threats, never hinting at the distance it has traveled or the horrors it has visited on countless worlds. At the same time, the accents and the love story between the princess and her prince give the story too much gravity for Krull to be enjoyed lightly. A major botch any way you look at it. Watch for future Jedi, Liam Neeson, as a typically boring Krull criminal.
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Summary: Great Sunday Afternoon Flick :)
Review: When you want to watch something and you can't decide between Sci Fi or Fantasy, try this movie. It's so lighthearted and fun, it's very difficult not to like it. Awesome music and indearing characters make up a movie that rates with everyone! There are a few lagging spots *primarily due to some special effects , awesome for thier time, that are just redundant due to modern day techniques* and some plot inconsistancies. However, if you don't plan on anything very heavy intelectually and just want to have a good old fashioned movie night, this is the film for you!
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