FantasyAdventure

Hawk the Slayer

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

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.

Release Date : 1980-08-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : ITC EntertainmentMarcel/Robertson Productions LimitedChips Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Voltan

Original Name : Jack Palance

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hawk

Original Name : John Terry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gort, the Giant

Original Name : Bernard Bresslaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crow

Original Name : Ray Charleson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baldin

Original Name : Peter O'Farrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ranulf

Original Name : William Morgan Sheppard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sorceress

Original Name : Patricia Quinn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sister Monica

Original Name : Cheryl Campbell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Abbess

Original Name : Annette Crosbie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eliane

Original Name : Catriona MacColl

Gender : Female

Character Name : Drogo

Original Name : Shane Briant

Gender : Male

Character Name : High Abbot

Original Name : Harry Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Innkeeper

Original Name : Roy Kinnear

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Patrick Magee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Man

Original Name : Ferdy Mayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sparrow

Original Name : Graham Stark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fitzwalter

Original Name : Christopher Benjamin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ralf

Original Name : Derrick O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scar

Original Name : Warren Clarke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sped

Original Name : Declan Mulholland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Black Wizard

Original Name : Peter Benson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Axe Man 1

Original Name : Maurice Colbourne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Axe Man 2

Original Name : Barry Stokes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ferret

Original Name : Anthony Milner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : John J. Carney

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Rough in Tavern

Original Name : Robert Putt

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Rough in Tavern

Original Name : Mark Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brother Peter

Original Name : Stephen Rayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thomas

Original Name : Ken Parry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Nun

Original Name : Lindsey Brook

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chak

Original Name : Eddie Stacey

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Nun

Original Name : Jo England

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Nun

Original Name : Frankie Cosgrave

Gender : Female

Character Name : 3rd Nun

Original Name : Melissa Wiltsie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drago Man

Original Name : Michael Crane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blacksmith

Original Name : Ron Tarr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narrator (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Rietti

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-01-24

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 about everyone else in this poorly cast adventure. Bernard Bresslaw has the stature for the giant and at times seems engagingly suitable for the part but the rest of the gang seem to be concentrating way too much on the choreography of the tumbling fight scenes and the cues for the visual effects paints to really look like they are enjoying any of this. Sadly, that lack of enthusiasm is contagious as the story just falls to ignite. When the nuns arrive and don't give us a rendition of "How Do You Solve a Problem..." I figured the game was up. I like the genre and was prepared to cut this quite a bit of slack, but in the end it's over-scripted and low-budget fayre that's simply disappointing.