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Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Kull the Conqueror (1997)

It was originally a third Conan film, but Arnie opted out. Kevin Sorbo stepped in, the hero was changed to one of Howard's other creations, Kull of Atlantis, and reset to the Thurian Age, which predates the Hyborian.
Sorbo plays the Atlantean as a kind of less-perfect version of his Hercules character. Being in the right place at the right time grants him some power, but his radical social reforms don’t go down well with the established order.
I like Sorbo, but his inclusion makes it hard to see it as anything other than a TV Movie. Ironically, even though it isn't, that’s a beneficial way to think of it because it falls short of being a cinematic experience. Still, it's cheesy fun.

2½ stripes of the tiger out of 5

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