If I can say one thing in the defence of Hawk the Slayer it's that you can see the people are genuinely trying to make a good movie and sometimes despite a low budget and lack of production values cast and crew rally together to make a movie that is greater than the sum of it's parts, sadly in the case of Hawk the Slayer that didn't happen.
Most of the performances given by cast members were wooden to say the least with the exception of Jack Palance and I honestly don't know how to describe his work on the movie but I can truly say it was a unique performance and seldom have I seen anything ti rival it in modern cinema.
Hawk the Slayer has reputation for being a terrible movie but I don't think that is entirely fair, it's certainly not a good movie but it is strangely entertaining.
I have seen a couple of different DVD releases of the movie and I think it would be fair to say the new Blu-ray release is the best looking version I have seen, it seems like no restoration work has been done on the movie and in this case that adds to it's charm.
Hawk the Slayer isn't for everyone but I enjoy it, perhaps I enjoy it for the wrong reasons but it make me laugh.
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