The screenplay writer must have read Howard's book, since there are literal quotes like `By this axe I rule!', which Kull exclaims during the coronation, yet again, this movie is no serious attempt to capture the raw, barbarian spirit of Howard's heroes. `Kull the Conqueror' reminds me of `Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger' rather than `Conan the Barbarian' or `Hercules'. Exactly like Patrick Wayne, Kevin Sorbo has to sail to the Land of Ice to find a solution to his problem: the evil witch threatening the once peaceful kingdom. `Kull' is nice, colourful adventure, Sinbad with more muscles and less charm, nothing special, but not as bad as some reviewers wrote, either. I'll watch it again on a rainy day. Of course, if you expected another `Conan the Barbarian', you'll be disappointed, but `Conan the Destroyer' and `Red Sonja' were no match for this masterpiece in the past, and `Kull' is at least a bit better than these two.

Tia Carrere as the red-haired witch Akivasha who cannot be killed, for she is living in a fire, is brilliant. Her immediate transition from the enchanting beauty to screaming rage compares to nothing. I still didn't figure out why Sorbo chose the same profession as De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, but he's passable here. Give it a try if you like the genre.

Is the film any good? No. Is the film at least fun? Yes. I agree the film does not take itself seriously. It's one of those lazy afternoon films when there's not a lot on and you simply want to rest watching a silly film - but you'd have to like sword and sorcery films to even begin to enjoy this movie.

Acting is mediocre at best. Costumes, sets and creatures are cool enough. Lame story but somehow fun enough to keep me a bit interested. I can easily watch this film and let my mind wonder off without missing much of anything.

Some funny scenes - I like the farting camel. LOL.

The Conan films are better but this one but this one is alright enough for something different in the barbarian category.

5.5/10

This is a mindless adaptation of the popular Robert E. Howard stories, made in the same vein as and to appeal to the same fans of HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS, a long-running '90s TV series which saw Kevin Sorbo as the muscle-bound hero, fighting off bad guys with plenty of humour and a distinct lack of edge. Although Sorbo actually kills people in this film, it's nevertheless a bloodless affair, packed with cheesy special effects, lots of light action, and an incredibly annoying wah-wah guitar playing over the soundtrack that destroys any mock medieval mood they might have been aiming for straight away.

The low budget is evident from the absolutely cheesy effects they use, from dodgy mutant makeup to a fiery demon at the climax, which I actually quite liked in terms of its design. Elsewhere there are some funny looking backgrounds but for the most part this is just a typical beat-em-up as Sorbo fights off soldiers, bad guys plot together, and not a great deal happens in terms of drama or wit. Let's just say that this bears absolutely no relation to the Howard stories that it originated from: in those Kull was a barbaric, vicious hero who had no trouble lopping off heads and limbs, and as an adaptation this is an absolute travesty. As a piece of late '90s fantasy fluff – and we have to remember that the genre didn't exist outside of television during this decade – it's mildly passable in places.

I've always liked Sorbo as a lead; he has an amiable, friendly aura about him and the fact that he doesn't take himself too seriously counts for a lot. A lot of these films and productions trade on that good humour for effect. Mention has to be made of Tahitian-born love interest Karina Lombard, who is absolutely gorgeous in this film and a definite highlight, although ironically the better-known actress in this, Tia Carrere, is absolutely awful. She plays a red-haired witch who looks extremely puffy and pasty for the entire production and there's no sense of menace, evil or really anything from her: she's just a bad actress overacting in the part.

Secondary villain duties go to bad-guy-for-hire Thomas Ian Griffith (VAMPIRES),who had a short career as an action hero in the early '90s. I quite like Griffith in a low-rent way so not much to say about him. Interesting that they rounded out the cast with the likes of Sven-Ole Thorsen (Arnie's frequent double),Brit musician Ed Tudor-Pole and wispy Scots actor Douglas Henshall (PRIMEVAL). Anyway, give this one a miss unless you're a die-hard Sorbo fan as it has no connection with the fantasy genre as we know it.