Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8609 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-09-05
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, Letterboxed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English, German
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 115 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
There's something inescapably appealing about Krull, a camp Star Wars-meets-The Lord of the Rings knock-off, that encourages the viewer to overlook it's very many silly shortcomings and simply enjoy the fun. James Horner's rollicking music score--written soon after his similarly memorable contribution to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan--certainly helps, as does the epic-scale CinemaScope photography of the breathtaking Italian landscapes. The costumes and extravagant production design are also great to look at, and much of Derek Meddings' visual effects work still looks striking if not exactly state-of-the-art.

Of the cast, Freddie Jones stands head and shoulders above all others as the Obi Wan Kenobi-meets-Gandalf character Ynyr: his trip to the centre of the spider's web is both genuinely scary and genuinely touching. The two romantic leads, Ken Marshall as the Luke Skywalker-meets-King Arthur clone Prince Colwyn and Lysette Anthony (with an overdubbed American voice) as his Leia-Guinevere Princess Lyssa, are mere formalities on which to hang the plot. Ironic fun can be had with the all-British supporting cast, which includes Todd Carty of Eastenders fame and Carry On's Bernard Bresslaw, as well as Robbie Coltrane, Liam Neeson and the gorgeous Francesca Annis.

On the DVD: Krull comes to DVD in an anamorphic widescreen print, preserving the luscious CinemaScope look of the theatrical release. The Dolby 5.1 sound lives up to the picture. There are two commentary tracks: on the first, director Peter Yates talks through the movie, with contributions from other crew members and leads Ken Marshall and Lysette Anthony. Oddly, the second audio track is just a reading of an article that originally appeared in the November 1982 issue of Cinefantastique magazine. There's also a half-hour "making-of" featurette originally produced to promote the movie at the time, the usual trailer, stills gallery and three talent profiles. --Mark Walker

Video Description
DVD Special Features:

"Journey To Krull" Featurette
2 Commentaries including Feature-Length Commentary by Cast and Crew
4 Galleries including SFX, Production Design and Costume
Behind-the-Scenes and Cast Portraits
Theatrical Trailer
Filmographies
Animated Menus
Multiple Language Choice: English, German, French
Multiple Language Subtitles: English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Danish, Arabic, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian, Greek, Hebrew.

Synopsis
Fantasy meets science fiction in this visually spectacular tale of valiant Prince Colwyn (Ken Marshall) and Lyssa (Lysette Anthony), his young bride-to-be, who dwell in the mythical kingdom of Krull. During their wedding ceremony the Beast, a monstrous dark force of evil who threatens to rule their world, kidnaps the princess and hides her in his dark and forboding fortress. In order to save his prisoner bride and his kingdom from the evil powers of the Beast, Colwyn embarks on a heroic quest to find her. In order to accomplish this, though, he must first get his hands on the glaive, a magical weapon that is his only hope for slaying his fearsome enemy. With the help of an elderly leader and a band of magicians and rogues (including Liam Neeson), Colwyn sets out on an eye-opening journey throughout his kingdom, where evil slayers and mythical creatures under the possession of the evil Beast oppose him at every turn. Ultimately, Colwyn uncovers the mysterious whereabouts of the Dark Fortress and must battle the dark and powerful forces of the Beast to rescue his loving bride and save his kingdom from the clutches of the evil being. This highly entertaining fantasy adventure features state-of-the-art animation and visually stunning special effects that combine to create a dreamy and magical kingdom reminiscent of the legendary fantasy worlds of STAR WARS, EXCALIBUR, and WILLOW.

Customer Reviews

One of the best Fantasy films in the pre CGI world
Krull is a great film from before CGI if it was made today it would be an epic on the scale of Lord of the Rings. It has a great story and a first Rate Cast who give a great performance. I know it is a bit limited in that it cobines Fantasy and Sci-fi but it was made at a time when only the Star Wars films had made top class FX and this film was shot using mainly a British cast and crew using their skills that are as good as most other film of the time. Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings could not be shot at this time and Krull was as good as you got till CGI came along and so I rate this a great film but maybe if made today would be a mega hit.

JAW DROPPING... LY BAD!
I made the mistake of renting this film many years ago. I think I watched the entire film with my chin on the floor! This film is beyond bad! It's a bit like PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. But not as good!

A WONDERFUL MODERN DAY FAIRY TALE!
Earlier reviewers have stated that KRULL is a hybrid between STAR WARS and Excalbur, and it is! It says so on the review on the back of the DVD. On that note I would say that this is the only film to successfully do so as fantasy and scifi doen't usually mix. The special effects are slightly dated but that doesn't make it any less fun. I showed it to a friend, now this guy is very hard to please he marched out of The Two Towers claiming he was bored! He watched KRULL and imediately got himself a copy. It really is a delight, a great family movie!!