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Kull the Conqueror
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| Kull the Conqueror | |
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 Kevin Sorbo as Kull |
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| Directed by | John Nicolella |
| Produced by | Raffaella De Laurentiis |
| Written by | Robert E. Howard Charles Edward Pogue |
| Starring | Kevin Sorbo Tia Carrere Thomas Ian Griffith Roy Brocksmith |
| Music by | Joel Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Rodney Charters |
| Editing by | Dallas Puett |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 29 August 1997 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Kull the Conqueror is a 1997 fantasy action film about the Robert E. Howard character Kull starring Kevin Sorbo. It was a movie adaptation of the Conan novel Conan the Conqueror, with the protagonist changed in the face of Arnold Schwarzenegger's refusal to reprise his role as Conan and Kevin Sorbo not wanting to redo a character already played. (This is ironic, as the very first Conan story, "The Phoenix on the Sword", was actually a rewrite of a Kull story.)
The film begins with what appears to be a great battle between Kull and several of the mad King's elite legion. However, this turns out to be a test. Kull fails his admission test on the ground that he is not of noble blood. Kull then rides back to the city that the King and his guard are from and they find the mad King killing his heirs. The leader of the guard complains, but the mad King strikes him, before being killed by Kull. Kull is then given the crown by the dying King, knowing that many will now seek to kill Kull for it, notably the leader of the King's guard, and his cousin, both of whom are of royal blood. They conspire to bring an evil witch queen back to life. This witch queen, Akivasha, then entrances Kull. Once married she becomes queen and promptly poisons Kull, who is believed by the royal court to be dead. Kull reawakens to find out the truth of Akivasha. He frees himself from confinement and plots to regain his throne and vanquish the evil witch.
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