Hawk, the Slayer

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Hawk, the Slayer

1980

1h 34m

Fantasy

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Good Hawk (John Terry) and his bad brother, Voltan (Jack Palance), vie for the power of a magic flying sword.

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Alan Jones

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Hawk is a one line idea fleshed out in the extreme... it isn't this pantomime humor that finally sinks the film, it's the acting.

Jul 26, 2022

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Eddie Harrison

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…Hawk The Slayer might be a rip-off, but it’s a fun, idiosyncratic film that’s gaining momentum as a cult item…one of the cheesiest films ever made…

Rated: 3/5

Mar 24, 2021

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Aug 4, 2005

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Frank Swietek

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Rated: 0/5

Jun 22, 2004

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Widgett Walls

Needcoffee.com

Oh, baby. It is so bad, it circumnavigates the scale and comes back to good again.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 16, 2003

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StephenPaul C

The greatest 01 hour: and 34 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love magical, flying swords!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/11/23

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Audience Member

The greatest movie ever made

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

A great old sword and sorcery romp With a good story and a fun scenes and dastardly villain

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

A classic medieval fantasy, with an amazing sound-track. The mind-sword is a great weapon too.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Suffers from a bland lead. There are no bodybuilders or bikini models in this sword-and-sorcery fantasy film. This is more a family and I'm not sure how many kids will be interested in a low budget 1980s Lord of the Rings knockoff when there are 6 modern day big budget epics that are 3+ hours long to occupy your kids. The most entertainment part of the film is watching future academy award winner Jack Palance from scene to scene switch from mailing in his performance to hamming it up. Also, the great source of entertainment is that the script clearly had someone much younger in mind for the role, but jumped at the chance to cast Palance and his start power into this low budget shlock and didn't bother to alter the script in any way. His father whom he calls "old man" is 4 years old than him and his brother is 30 years younger. If you're into Renaissance fairs, dungeons and dragons, cosplay or you're a big fantasy buff then this may be for you, as the movie does create its own world and follow its rules, then this movie may be for you, if not you'll find it bland and derivative as it also borrows heavily from Star Wars as well.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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I love this movie. I know it is campy and odd in places, but I love it. Enjoy!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Synopsis

Good Hawk (John Terry) and his bad brother, Voltan (Jack Palance), vie for the power of a magic flying sword.

Director: Terry Marcel
Producer: Harry Robertson
Screenwriter: Terry Marcel, Harry Robertson
Production Co: Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Chips Productions, Marcel/Robertson Productions Limited
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2019
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround

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