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Krull

Movie Summary

Released: 1983
Krull is a 1983 heroic fantasy film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Ron Silverman. It stars Ken Marshall as Prince Colwyn and Lysette Anthony as Princess Lyssa.

The world of Krull is invaded by The Beast and his army of Slayers, who travel the galaxy in the mountain-like spaceship, the Black Fortress. The 'Attacker' Slayers wear black armor (primarily for night-time assault), while the 'Defender' Slayers wear white armor (signifying the elite guards of the Beast). Both wield weapons that appear to be a (reloadable) one-shot laser rifle on one end coupled with an opposing bladed bayonet end for close quarter combat. The people of Krull on the other hand have only technology equal to that of the Middle Ages or that of The Lord of the rings.

The chosen weapon of Colwyn is the Glaive, a boomerang-type of spinning, five-clawed throwing disc that returned to the wielder's hand. It should not be confused with glaive, a medieval polearm.

Krull was made into an Atari game soon after its theatrical release.

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Wishen4da80sPosted: 01/08/2007

Great movie, even now. Good, solid, fantasy quest plot.

Posted: 01/11/2007

They have this out on DVD now also!

Snarfer580Posted: 08/27/2008

This has got to be one of the most underrated films of the early 80's. The story is one of the most original fantasy concepts to come along, the effects were quite good for the time and the mostly British cast is first rate- along with Marshall and Anthony, it also features Freddie Jones(who was also in Dune and Firefox in the 80's), the beautiful Francesca Annis, and if you look hard enough you can spot Liam Niesson and Robbie Coltraine. This movie was overshadowed by the Star Wars films back then, but it's definitely worth seeing.

Bailey69Posted: 09/04/2008

I think Liam was one of the criminals that they unlocked his broken handcuffs.I think the line was like "Only the king and his Sheriff have that key" (while he's unlocking Liams shackels) and the King was like "Well I'm not the Sheriff!" Something like that. Great movie though.

Mr402Posted: 10/06/2008

Yes the greatness that is Krull. Too bad this genre of film were not more popular now. With the special effects and technology of today. This movie remains one of my favorites along with sword and sorcerer, beastmaster etc. Gosh I miss those days.

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