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Hawk, the Slayer

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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 Starburst 07/26/2022
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. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 03/24/2021
3/5
…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… Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/04/2005
2/5
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion 06/22/2004
0/5
Widgett Walls Needcoffee.com 02/16/2003
3/5
Oh, baby. It is so bad, it circumnavigates the scale and comes back to good again. Go to Full Review
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xpig332 B Oct 14 I tried to like it, Jack Palance must’ve been desperate. See more Scot T Sep 19 You see, the tiny budget, the almost complete lack of sets and locations, these are the things that set HtS apart. The sheer balls on the director and producer to just go ahead and make this movie despite not really having the resources to do it! That's what's in every frame. Compare it to Krull, or Excalibur, or The Sword and the Sorcerer. All good early 80s fantasy flicks that I rented over and over again from Barker's video rental. But none of them have the heart and the joy of HtS. It's just a bunch of guys running around in the woods. But as a kid I totally bought into their world. And when WE were also running around in the damp forest, with stick swords, we were so close to that world I could almost touch it. See more 03/19/2022 The greatest movie ever made See more 08/18/2021 A great old sword and sorcery romp With a good story and a fun scenes and dastardly villain See more 07/27/2021 A classic medieval fantasy, with an amazing sound-track. The mind-sword is a great weapon too. See more 03/14/2020 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. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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), Marcel/Robertson Productions Limited, Chips Productions
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 3, 2019
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround
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