Krull
A world light-years beyond your imagination.
1983 • 121 min • Action · Adventure · Fantasy · Science Fiction
Synopsis
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
Our family guide
Best from age 9- 75 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
- 60 Audience · 632 · 40%
A brave prince and a band of allies embark on a perilous quest to rescue his true love from an evil alien beast and his army of Slayers. They must overcome many dangers to unite their kingdom and defeat the galactic menace.
- Violence & peril
- 5/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 2/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Fantasy violence with swords and lasers
- Some disturbing alien creatures and threats
- Characters are put in dangerous situations
What it models well
- Courage in the face of evil
- Teamwork and friendship
- Loyalty and sacrifice
- Fighting for what is right
Talk about it after
- The importance of perseverance
- Understanding good versus evil
- Dealing with loss and grief
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Top billed cast
Director: Peter Yates • Crew: Stanford Sherman
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedJust as 'Colwyn' (Ken Marshall) and 'Lyssa' (Lynette Anthony) are about to exchange the flame of eternal love, the evil slayers arrive and trash her father's castle and kidnap the princess. Fortunately, he survives thanks to the kindly efforts of 'Ynyr' (Freddie Jones) but now awakened and recovered, he is obsessed with rescuing his damsel in distress.…
RecommendedMy father called it one of the cheapest movies he had ever seen.... but when I saw it, I was a little kid, and it looked awesome, not cheap. Now that I'm older and revisiting one of my favorite childhood films, yeah, some of the backgrounds move more than a Monty Python sketch. There is some obvious miniatures. But... who cares, the story is really good.…
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers**An expensive film, typically from the 80s, but it aged badly and was forgotten.** I usually like fantasy films, but this film mixes things that seem so different from each other that I don't understand how such a thing was possible: on the one hand, the film shows a threat coming from space in the form of a spaceship, which looks like a black mountain with a big egg on top, and troops that shoot ray guns.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersThis was a first-time watch for me so seeing this fantasy film from 1983 directed by Peter Yates with music by James Horner which is kind of funny because the music kind of reminded me of Star Trek just a little bit but I have to say that the beginning battle seems kind of awkward but once the young prince ended up running into his ragtag band of Misfits and outlaws as you journey to save his one true love it was def…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.0/10 (632)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $27,000,000
- Box office
- $16,916,617
- IMDb
- tt0085811
