Which shocks me more - how bad this film was, or the glowing comments by other viewers? I have been an SF / Fantasy fan since my childhood 40 years ago(remember Time Tunnel?) reading John Christopher novels, then moving up to Tolkien, Bradbury and the Thomas Covenant series.
Krull has it all: Princess Vacuous (Lysette Anthony) who succeeds only in looking pretty, but cannot act to sell detergent, Liam Neeson once again proving that even good actors will do anything for screen time or money, cheesy special effects that would not have made the cut for Star Trek in the 60s, badly choreographed action sequences, a villainous monster that looks like a Halloween costume my wife might throw together for a five year old, and tense battle scenes that consist of the Prince stretching out his arm and trying to vary the pained expression on his face for minutes at a time. Or maybe he just broke character when he realized how bad this film was going to be.
I gave this 2 of 10, because it is a hilarious study in bad film-making, right up there with Condorman. Just don't watch more than 1/2 hour at a time unless you have insomnia.
Krull has it all: Princess Vacuous (Lysette Anthony) who succeeds only in looking pretty, but cannot act to sell detergent, Liam Neeson once again proving that even good actors will do anything for screen time or money, cheesy special effects that would not have made the cut for Star Trek in the 60s, badly choreographed action sequences, a villainous monster that looks like a Halloween costume my wife might throw together for a five year old, and tense battle scenes that consist of the Prince stretching out his arm and trying to vary the pained expression on his face for minutes at a time. Or maybe he just broke character when he realized how bad this film was going to be.
I gave this 2 of 10, because it is a hilarious study in bad film-making, right up there with Condorman. Just don't watch more than 1/2 hour at a time unless you have insomnia.