“Krull” is a combination of sci-fi and fantasy and while it certainly does it better than something such as “Dune” yet it also is nowhere near as entertaining as “Star Wars”. It’s a real mixed bag of a film and while kids may enjoy it for the action and the effects, anybody aged ten or over will be in hysterics over the dialog.

In “Krull”, a prince, named Colwyn (Ken Marshall), and a group of miscellaneous heroes must join forces to save the planet of Krull from evil space invaders and rescue Colwyn’s bride Lyssa (Lysette Anthony “Look Who’s Talking Now”, “Dracula: Dead and Loving It”).

The huge problem with this is film comes in the characters and acting category. Each character is simplistically written and the actors give very forced British accents to them as they spout out lines that seem like they’re from a draft of script. The worst is a sort-of comedic relief character named Ergo played painfully by David Battley (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”). Some of the creatures are designed reasonably well but none of them really stick out in my mind the way the ones in “Star Wars” do. The other characters are quite dull and very easily forgotten.

The effects are good, the music is good and the action sequences are all good but it’s everything else where “Krull” feels underwhelming so in that respect it reminds me a lot of “Legend” and “Last Starfighter”. There are other movies similar to this such as “Star Wars”, “Star Trek II”, “The NeverEnding Story” and even “Enemy Mine”; all of which are vastly superior to this because along with the artificial element, they’ve also got the heart to carry the film forward. “Krull” is only really worth a look at if you want to hear some of the worst written and worst delivered dialog since the “Conan” films.