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Hawk the Slayer (1980)

PG 08/27/1980 Fantasy, Adventure 1h 33m
48%
User
Score
5.3/10
40%

Two brothers locked in deadly combat till the end of time!

Overview

Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band of warriors: a giant, a dwarf, a one-armed man with a machine-crossbow and an elf with the fastest bow in the land; Hawk leads the battle against Voltan to free the land from the forces of evil and avenge his loved ones.

Terry Marcel

Director

Harry Robertson

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Jack Palance

Jack Palance

Voltan

John Terry

John Terry

Hawk

Bernard Bresslaw

Bernard Bresslaw

Gort, the Giant

Ray Charleson

Ray Charleson

Crow

Peter O'Farrell

Peter O'Farrell

Baldin

William Morgan Sheppard

William Morgan Sheppard

Ranulf

Patricia Quinn

Patricia Quinn

Sorceress

Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell

Sister Monica

Annette Crosbie

Annette Crosbie

Abbess

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Media

Hawk the Slayer (1980) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Hawk the Slayer (1980) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on January 24, 2025

There were an whole slew of these fantasy adventures made in the late 1970s but this one has to be the weakest, despite the presence of Jack Palance as the half decent baddie "Voltan". He's a nasty piece of work who has killed both his dad and his brother's girlfriend and so unsurprisingly, his sibling "Hawk" (John Terry) is out for blood. That's not going to be easy as he will be facing overwhelming odds and more than a bit of magic, but he manages to assemble a disparate band of fellow freedom fighters and armed with a fellow who can fire a crossbow as if it were a Gatling gun, sets about wreaking his revenge. Palance is ham personified here, lumbering around in his big black cape wielding his huge great sword with all the finesse of a rhino stuck in treacle, but he is way ahead of just ...

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