Réalisation:
Peter YatesScénario:
Stanford ShermanPhotographie:
Peter SuschitzkyMusique:
James HornerActeurs·trices:
Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Alun Armstrong, Liam Neeson, Robbie Coltrane, Trevor Martin, Lindsay Crouse (plus)VOD (1)
Résumés(1)
Partagée en deux royaumes, la planète Krull se prépare au mariage de Coldwyn et Lyssa, héritiers de chacun des trônes. L’assurance d’une paix durable, mais, depuis sa forteresse noire, un seigneur des ténèbres nommé la Bête n’entend pas laisser faire. Il envoie ses troupes d’élite à l’assaut de la cérémonie et enlève la princesse. Seul survivant à l’attaque, son fiancé se lance sur ses traces, conscient de l’écrasante supériorité de son adversaire. (Sidonis Calysta)
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Critiques (3)
The underdeveloped Cumberbatch overplays the main character as if he were playing a tragedy of all the tragedies from Shakespeare somewhere in the middle of nowhere. He has a silly smile on his face all the time which, combined with the normal performances of the rest of the cast, moves his performance to the "edge" of guilty pleasure so you simply fall in love with it. In something light-hearted in the style of The Princess Bride, it might work, but this wants to be an adult fantasy fairy tale. And in terms of excellent set (exteriors and studio setting) and Horner's music it really is. It's exactly the kind of movie that would benefit from nostalgia, because if I had watched this movie as a boy, I would have not complained about its drawbacks (namely: the movie is too long, duo of Ergo/boy who do absolutely nothing during the whole movie is needless, passive hero, who just delivers a spinner, more time is devoted to the exhibition than to the story itself, the mutual inconsistency of the individual otherwise great passages, where if together it works really well, charming second rate villain, the expedition to the lair of Odul, I mean, Lyssy, where fantastic design, the tragedy of one relationship and tension are all present, etc.). But sadly, I complained.
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The music is somewhat like the themes from Star Wars, and somewhat reminiscent of Czech fairy tales. The story is a classic quest where a group of heroes and anti-heroes set out to rescue a princess from a truly terrible enemy. There's an old man, there's some sort of witch, and there are monsters and artifacts. Krull is an amazing planet where anything can happen. It's fantasy, it's sci-fi, it's an incredible mishmash that intrigued me in the past, so I thought it would be worth revisiting the film. I was not disappointed. It’s technically excellent in special effects, but weaker in terms of the screenplay. But this film simply has the charm of beautiful ages and worlds.
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The only thing that impresses me about this thing is the honest craftsmanship of all the sets and interiors (especially noticeable with the deadly swamp and the giant spider web) that go hand in hand with simple special effects that feel more lifelike than today's digital atrocities. Otherwise, though, it is more evident than ever that there is a thin line between fantasy and phantasmagoria, which the creators crossed with gusto. The script resembles the work of a ten-year-old boy with an overactive imagination, who throws in everything that comes to their mind. The clutter is so evident that it ends up being tiring. All that's left is the hilarious discovery of the insignificant supporting roles Liam Neeson played in his acting beginnings.
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