Steineded
How sad is this?
Matialth
Good concept, poorly executed.
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
adonis98-743-186503
An barbarian warrior becomes a king when he defeats a king in armed combat and the king's heir conspire to overthrow him and reclaim the throne by resurrecting an evil sorceress. Kull The Conqueror was meant to be Conan The Conqueror and it was going to star Arnold Schwarzenegger but the film never happened and instead we got this film which i can describe as awful and camp the acting is bad, the effects were awful and even the action doesn't pay off in the end and like i said before Kevin Sorbo is a pretty terrible actor and this movie shows it if you like bad 90's fantasy films watch it but if you want to see a much better film that this film copies go watch Conan The Barbarian and Conan The Destroyer both way better than this (3/10).
Leofwine_draca
This is a mindless adaptation of the popular Robert E. Howard stories, made in the same vein as and to appeal to the same fans of HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS, a long-running '90s TV series which saw Kevin Sorbo as the muscle-bound hero, fighting off bad guys with plenty of humour and a distinct lack of edge. Although Sorbo actually kills people in this film, it's nevertheless a bloodless affair, packed with cheesy special effects, lots of light action, and an incredibly annoying wah-wah guitar playing over the soundtrack that destroys any mock medieval mood they might have been aiming for straight away.The low budget is evident from the absolutely cheesy effects they use, from dodgy mutant makeup to a fiery demon at the climax, which I actually quite liked in terms of its design. Elsewhere there are some funny looking backgrounds but for the most part this is just a typical beat-em-up as Sorbo fights off soldiers, bad guys plot together, and not a great deal happens in terms of drama or wit. Let's just say that this bears absolutely no relation to the Howard stories that it originated from: in those Kull was a barbaric, vicious hero who had no trouble lopping off heads and limbs, and as an adaptation this is an absolute travesty. As a piece of late '90s fantasy fluff – and we have to remember that the genre didn't exist outside of television during this decade – it's mildly passable in places.I've always liked Sorbo as a lead; he has an amiable, friendly aura about him and the fact that he doesn't take himself too seriously counts for a lot. A lot of these films and productions trade on that good humour for effect. Mention has to be made of Tahitian-born love interest Karina Lombard, who is absolutely gorgeous in this film and a definite highlight, although ironically the better-known actress in this, Tia Carrere, is absolutely awful. She plays a red-haired witch who looks extremely puffy and pasty for the entire production and there's no sense of menace, evil or really anything from her: she's just a bad actress overacting in the part.Secondary villain duties go to bad-guy-for-hire Thomas Ian Griffith (VAMPIRES), who had a short career as an action hero in the early '90s. I quite like Griffith in a low-rent way so not much to say about him. Interesting that they rounded out the cast with the likes of Sven-Ole Thorsen (Arnie's frequent double), Brit musician Ed Tudor-Pole and wispy Scots actor Douglas Henshall (PRIMEVAL). Anyway, give this one a miss unless you're a die-hard Sorbo fan as it has no connection with the fantasy genre as we know it.
Neil Welch
Well, I thought you'd have to motor in order to come up with anything cheesier than Arnie's 3 sword and sorcery outings (2 Conans and a Red Sonja), but Kevin Sorbo's Kull the Conqueror manages to do so with a minimum of trouble.To be fair, the sets and costumes are OK, and the cast give it their all. But the special effects are a bit naff, and the special effects make-up is super-naff.And the script, plot, and characterisations are not only naff, but also cheesy (and when I say cheesy, I'm talking Gorgonzola).It passes the time if you're not feeling fussy.
xredgarnetx
KULL is not to be taken seriously, even though it is derived from a serious book by the author of the Conan stories, Robert Howard. Kevin "Hercules" Sorbo plays Kull, a warrior in search of a kingdom in a time long forgotten, in a breezy, off-handed manner -- and his refusal to take his character too seriously works in favor of this low-budget quickie. The ever-delectable Tia Carrere plays a witch who plans to take over the world, and she is absolutely delicious as a supernatural villainess. The fights are clumsily staged, the sets are from hunger, but the dialog is a lot of fun and everyone would appear to be having a good time. A rainy day pick. It certainly kicks Red Sonja's butt.
