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A hidden Gem
I recently found "Jane and the Lost City" by accident at my local video rental shop. I thought it looked junky and camp so I rented it. What I got instead was a super mellow rendition of the world war two daily mirror comic strip "Jane" which basically concerned the lead character Jane and her cohorts the Colonel and Tombs the butler "confounding the Nazi's at every turn" by pure dumb luck. During this process Jane keeps getting her clothes torn off (to lingerie level) by a variety of unlikely means. In other words, a very silly operation. The film is so mellow that if you need something to go to sleep in front of this will do nicely, allowing you to wake up occasionally and see more lingerie and hear more silly dialogue. I watched "Jane" twice in 24 hours and liked it very much. Very good trash indeed. ... Read more

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A big surprise
Being a fan of Battlestar Galactica, and knowing that Richard Hatch was in this movie as well, and thinking I may have seen it when I was young, I found a copy of Prisoners of the Lost Universe on ebay. This turned into one funny and enjoyable movie. Quirky stuff that showed the people behind it had a sense of humor. Man did I laugh.

It's a B flick, and one that is well done and enjoyable. The story revolves around Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz (she played Sandy, Roger Cobb's wife in 80's cult horror flick "House") and a scientist (I forget his name). They end up stuck on a barbaric world (i.e., medieval fantasy flick with science undertones). Legendary John Saxon is the warlord using the scientist to further his own plans. Even the weird elf dud from the movie Hawk the Slayer is here as The Green Man. Swords, monsters, science, funky music. It's all here. My only complaint is that in the 2nd part of the first act or so it sounds like Richard Hatch had a cold during voiceovers and they just left it that way. In a couple places it does not even sound like his voice. But it clears up soon and does not matter much. Lots of funky surprises in this one. This needs to come to DVD!!

wow !
IF YOUR IN TO D&D FANTACY ADVENTURE YOU WILL LOVE THIS ! HAVING SEEN IT IN ITS ENTIRETY BACK IN THE 80'S WHEN IT AIRED I CAN TELL YOU THAT SOME HAS BEEN EDITED OUT BUT THAY DID'NT HURT THE STORY LINE AT ALL. AND WHAT A STORY !FAST PACED LOT'S OF ACTION AND VERMIN RIGHT OUT OF THE D&D MONSTER MANUAL ! A MUST SEE FOR DUNGON MASTER'S AND PLAYERS ALIKE !

Prisoners of the lost universe
A silly (in a good way), entertaining tale, mostly for science-fiction fans: a professor discovers a way to access a parallel universe, but the real question is how to return home. ... Read more

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This movie shouldn't have been made...
or at least given the same title as the classic by John Dahl. The first movie was great; at one point it was my favorite movie of all time! But Joan Severance tried to make a, I guess, serious movie and boy was that a bad idea. I knew that when seeing this movie that I wasn't getting the origional, but I at least expected to see Joan Severance in a sex fest. Not even that! I was real excited to see Joan Severance get it on again because I hadn't seen her in a while. So I guess I have to wait some more. This is off the topic, but Joan Severance's best role was in a soft core porn called Almost Pregnant. It was totally funny and totally hot. Too bad Amazon doesn't have it.

More wooden than a lumberyard
Last Seduction/Last Seduction II wins the title of 'Greatest Original/Worst Sequel' hands down. Severence manages to at least look like Bridgett/ Wendy, but thats about a far as it goes. The fact that no one from the original movie participates in the sequel begs the question; Could I decide to make a movie entitled 'Godfater part IV' without the consent of Francis Ford Coppola? It looks like that is what happened here. The only borderline clever part of the whole movie is when one character has a hotel televison on, the original movie is seen on the screen. Be warned, this movie B-L-O-W-S.

Liked it better than the first one
First off don't rent or buy this if you are expecting to see Joan severance in the buff. No Nudity in this one. Don't fret this is a pretty good story, and Joan makes a much more convincing b@#ch than Linda Fiorentino. ... Read more

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A big surprise
Being a fan of Battlestar Galactica, and knowing that Richard Hatch was in this movie as well, and thinking I may have seen it when I was young, I found a copy of Prisoners of the Lost Universe on ebay. This turned into one funny and enjoyable movie. Quirky stuff that showed the people behind it had a sense of humor. Man did I laugh.

It's a B flick, and one that is well done and enjoyable. The story revolves around Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz (she played Sandy, Roger Cobb's wife in 80's cult horror flick "House") and a scientist (I forget his name). They end up stuck on a barbaric world (i.e., medieval fantasy flick with science undertones). Legendary John Saxon is the warlord using the scientist to further his own plans. Even the weird elf dud from the movie Hawk the Slayer is here as The Green Man. Swords, monsters, science, funky music. It's all here. My only complaint is that in the 2nd part of the first act or so it sounds like Richard Hatch had a cold during voiceovers and they just left it that way. In a couple places it does not even sound like his voice. But it clears up soon and does not matter much. Lots of funky surprises in this one. This needs to come to DVD!!

wow !
IF YOUR IN TO D&D FANTACY ADVENTURE YOU WILL LOVE THIS ! HAVING SEEN IT IN ITS ENTIRETY BACK IN THE 80'S WHEN IT AIRED I CAN TELL YOU THAT SOME HAS BEEN EDITED OUT BUT THAY DID'NT HURT THE STORY LINE AT ALL. AND WHAT A STORY !FAST PACED LOT'S OF ACTION AND VERMIN RIGHT OUT OF THE D&D MONSTER MANUAL ! A MUST SEE FOR DUNGON MASTER'S AND PLAYERS ALIKE !

Prisoners of the lost universe
A silly (in a good way), entertaining tale, mostly for science-fiction fans: a professor discovers a way to access a parallel universe, but the real question is how to return home. ... Read more

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I don't care what you say!!!
Sure, it's difficult to watch now, but this movie was pivotal in my formative years, having fuelled my love for fantasy as a pre-adoloscent in the early 80s. I will forever champion it in a slagging match, and can't fully understand why some have turned on it as they've matured.
In its time it was GOD, and one can plainly see the inspiration it had on the modern Lord of the Rings films, at least on Legolas' character. Crow, the elf in this film, and his rapid-fire bow work was quite an original concept regardless of how badly it was portrayed. Nowhere in LOTR does Tolkien refer to any of the fast paced archery skills as represented in the LOTR films, so somebody clearly took the quick-shooting elf concept from Hawk. As cheesy as it is here, it is still cool to watch, even though his robotic Vulcan-like performance is dreadful.
For trivia buffs, Annette Crosbie, who plays the Abbess in Hawk, also gave the voice to Galadriel in the 1978 Bakshi animated Lord of the Rings.
Don't misunderstand: I am certainly not comparing Hawk to Peter Jackson's LOTR films. NOTHING compares to those. All I'm saying is that I'm sure this film has given some inspiration to other fantasy filmmakers, with its unquestionably original take on certain concepts.
Many of the actors here are plainly better than the script allows them to be, but Jack Palance is ridiculous as Hawk's older brother (he looks as old as their father), and his casting was completely ludicrous. Also, the film could do without the dwarf, and his demise is proof of that. It was chiefly directed at the Dungeons & Dragons audience, and probably succeeded in winning them over
Ultimately, as with Jackson's LOTR saga, the elf steals the show with his poorly editted dexterous bow work, which is always interesting to watch.
I for one will never call Hawk a "bad" movie. Dungeons & Dragons is a "Bad" movie, and has the dubious distinction of being the first video I ever rented which I simply had to turn off halfway through due to attention deficit (the paint drying on the walls was MUCH more entertaining).
For its time it ruled, and I will always have a soft spot for it. Hawk the Slayer has a certain charm, in its attempt to take itself seriously, which cannot be denied. My rating is primarily based on sentiment rather than the film's place in history, but there's nothing wrong with that. I like it...

Ok lets tell the truth about this film.
I saw Hawk the Slayer about 20 years ago and although I was only 9 at that time I still remember the movie well today.
It was a made for T.V. movie Based on a group of D&D type heros who band together With Hawk to battle his evil one-eyed Brother(Jack Palance) who by the way is in constant pain from a eye wound.- Now as a kid I loved the scenes of the elf character (who looked more like a Valcan from Startrek) jumping over stones and launching from his bow 100+ arrows in rapid succession and the Old man with a rapid fire repeater crossbow doing the same, But as a adult I see the repition of the same scenes spliced in to help cut filming cost. And the great sword fight scenes I now see as slow and clumsy. I will by this DVD however and I know I will love it, Why? Because its a good story and will bring back memories for me and my Wife. But I fear my Sons (9 and 11) will find it corny compared to Lord of the Rings and will not watch it more then once. So I give it 4 stars from me, but I'm pritty sure my kids would give it only 2.

A DnD lovers
Dungones and dragons lovers should love this movie. Even though its older and nothing like Lord of the rings. The way they portray the people and the different races in this movie is the way G. Gygax would have you play his races in the DnD game(my opinion). It has its somewhat corny but funny interactions with the characters. As well as the ever present good vs. evil. The actors play there characters well. And Jack Palance's voice in his character fits it perfectly. Could not have gotten a better person for the part.

Elfs and more Elfs? Oh Yes!
Ok first of all this film is old and the acting is quite wooden at times but it has a great bunch of charaters that wouldn't be out of place in the Lord of the Rings. It also has the best Elf character in any movie of its kind. Retro, cool and very similar to the old Clint Eastwood Cowboy movies of yesterday. The sound track is also retro. If wizards and warriors is your thing then this movie is well worth a look. If this movie had been made for today using blue screen special effects it would well deserve a 5 star rating.

I still remember this 20 years later, OMG!
So one fateful Christmas Eve, it was not a family movie about Rudolph that my family watched. No! We found Hawk the Slayer playing and couldn't keep our eyes off it! Now 20 years later, I'm snapping the DVD up because this is still a great movie. I have never seen a more over the top villain performance than the one of Voltan (Jack Palance). And all the ensemble British actors added their own memorable moments to this movie. I mean, have you ever called someone, "bag of dirt??" And the dwarf's story of Turkels? What about the whispering wizard woman and the gathering of the heroes portion? And when Voltan grieves for his son ("Drogoooooooooooooooooo!"). The one handed man and his machine gun crossbow. Oh and the battles with all the quick lightning firing by the robotic talking elf and one handed man (these are hilarious! You literally see 20 - 30 guys die over the sound of arrows whizzing in about 5 seconds). Oh yes, and when Voltan threatens Hawk outside the church with his angry hate speech. There are so many hilarious moments, they should all add together to make a truly awful film. I mean the soundtrack is a strange disco + moody ditty thing, yet I can hum it 20 years later.

Somehow this movie transcends an obvious fate of oblivion. It has a character all its own and it really really fun to watch. Try and watch it with friends. You will love this movie, just don't laugh too loud so you can't hear what's happening next.... ... Read more

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For Twiggy fans only!
This DVD is made from a not-very-mint print of a film (the film just starts abruptly...no company credits. As if no one wanted to take responsibility). A weak "comedy" farce about a ad executive (Tom Smothers) who must come up with a brassiere ad campaign on the day of his daughter's wedding (are you laughing yet?).

After a hit on the head, Smothers sees his dream-girl, one 30's flapper by the name of Polly, played by Twiggy. Twiggy is invisible to everyone but Smothers and the entire film is devoted to all the predictable entaglements that can be mined from such a set-up.

The film has that slightly hazy look of bad 70's TV shows, the pacing of this comedy is sluggish in the extrememe, and the acting styles vary from character to character. Twiggy and the low-budget recreations of 30's musicals her character inspires are the only saving graces of the film. She is a delight throughout and the only reason to own this rarity (oddity). Super cheap DVD package, no extras, bad sound and can I again mention that fuzzy cinematography? ... Read more

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A hidden Gem
I recently found "Jane and the Lost City" by accident at my local video rental shop. I thought it looked junky and camp so I rented it. What I got instead was a super mellow rendition of the world war two daily mirror comic strip "Jane" which basically concerned the lead character Jane and her cohorts the Colonel and Tombs the butler "confounding the Nazi's at every turn" by pure dumb luck. During this process Jane keeps getting her clothes torn off (to lingerie level) by a variety of unlikely means. In other words, a very silly operation. The film is so mellow that if you need something to go to sleep in front of this will do nicely, allowing you to wake up occasionally and see more lingerie and hear more silly dialogue. I watched "Jane" twice in 24 hours and liked it very much. Very good trash indeed. ... Read more

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A hidden Gem
I recently found "Jane and the Lost City" by accident at my local video rental shop. I thought it looked junky and camp so I rented it. What I got instead was a super mellow rendition of the world war two daily mirror comic strip "Jane" which basically concerned the lead character Jane and her cohorts the Colonel and Tombs the butler "confounding the Nazi's at every turn" by pure dumb luck. During this process Jane keeps getting her clothes torn off (to lingerie level) by a variety of unlikely means. In other words, a very silly operation. The film is so mellow that if you need something to go to sleep in front of this will do nicely, allowing you to wake up occasionally and see more lingerie and hear more silly dialogue. I watched "Jane" twice in 24 hours and liked it very much. Very good trash indeed. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

A hidden Gem
I recently found "Jane and the Lost City" by accident at my local video rental shop. I thought it looked junky and camp so I rented it. What I got instead was a super mellow rendition of the world war two daily mirror comic strip "Jane" which basically concerned the lead character Jane and her cohorts the Colonel and Tombs the butler "confounding the Nazi's at every turn" by pure dumb luck. During this process Jane keeps getting her clothes torn off (to lingerie level) by a variety of unlikely means. In other words, a very silly operation. The film is so mellow that if you need something to go to sleep in front of this will do nicely, allowing you to wake up occasionally and see more lingerie and hear more silly dialogue. I watched "Jane" twice in 24 hours and liked it very much. Very good trash indeed. ... Read more

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This movie shouldn't have been made...
or at least given the same title as the classic by John Dahl. The first movie was great; at one point it was my favorite movie of all time! But Joan Severance tried to make a, I guess, serious movie and boy was that a bad idea. I knew that when seeing this movie that I wasn't getting the origional, but I at least expected to see Joan Severance in a sex fest. Not even that! I was real excited to see Joan Severance get it on again because I hadn't seen her in a while. So I guess I have to wait some more. This is off the topic, but Joan Severance's best role was in a soft core porn called Almost Pregnant. It was totally funny and totally hot. Too bad Amazon doesn't have it.

More wooden than a lumberyard
Last Seduction/Last Seduction II wins the title of 'Greatest Original/Worst Sequel' hands down. Severence manages to at least look like Bridgett/ Wendy, but thats about a far as it goes. The fact that no one from the original movie participates in the sequel begs the question; Could I decide to make a movie entitled 'Godfater part IV' without the consent of Francis Ford Coppola? It looks like that is what happened here. The only borderline clever part of the whole movie is when one character has a hotel televison on, the original movie is seen on the screen. Be warned, this movie B-L-O-W-S.

Liked it better than the first one
First off don't rent or buy this if you are expecting to see Joan severance in the buff. No Nudity in this one. Don't fret this is a pretty good story, and Joan makes a much more convincing b@#ch than Linda Fiorentino. ... Read more

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I don't care what you say!!!
Sure, it's difficult to watch now, but this movie was pivotal in my formative years, having fuelled my love for fantasy as a pre-adoloscent in the early 80s. I will forever champion it in a slagging match, and can't fully understand why some have turned on it as they've matured.
In its time it was GOD, and one can plainly see the inspiration it had on the modern Lord of the Rings films, at least on Legolas' character. Crow, the elf in this film, and his rapid-fire bow work was quite an original concept regardless of how badly it was portrayed. Nowhere in LOTR does Tolkien refer to any of the fast paced archery skills as represented in the LOTR films, so somebody clearly took the quick-shooting elf concept from Hawk. As cheesy as it is here, it is still cool to watch, even though his robotic Vulcan-like performance is dreadful.
For trivia buffs, Annette Crosbie, who plays the Abbess in Hawk, also gave the voice to Galadriel in the 1978 Bakshi animated Lord of the Rings.
Don't misunderstand: I am certainly not comparing Hawk to Peter Jackson's LOTR films. NOTHING compares to those. All I'm saying is that I'm sure this film has given some inspiration to other fantasy filmmakers, with its unquestionably original take on certain concepts.
Many of the actors here are plainly better than the script allows them to be, but Jack Palance is ridiculous as Hawk's older brother (he looks as old as their father), and his casting was completely ludicrous. Also, the film could do without the dwarf, and his demise is proof of that. It was chiefly directed at the Dungeons & Dragons audience, and probably succeeded in winning them over
Ultimately, as with Jackson's LOTR saga, the elf steals the show with his poorly editted dexterous bow work, which is always interesting to watch.
I for one will never call Hawk a "bad" movie. Dungeons & Dragons is a "Bad" movie, and has the dubious distinction of being the first video I ever rented which I simply had to turn off halfway through due to attention deficit (the paint drying on the walls was MUCH more entertaining).
For its time it ruled, and I will always have a soft spot for it. Hawk the Slayer has a certain charm, in its attempt to take itself seriously, which cannot be denied. My rating is primarily based on sentiment rather than the film's place in history, but there's nothing wrong with that. I like it...

Ok lets tell the truth about this film.
I saw Hawk the Slayer about 20 years ago and although I was only 9 at that time I still remember the movie well today.
It was a made for T.V. movie Based on a group of D&D type heros who band together With Hawk to battle his evil one-eyed Brother(Jack Palance) who by the way is in constant pain from a eye wound.- Now as a kid I loved the scenes of the elf character (who looked more like a Valcan from Startrek) jumping over stones and launching from his bow 100+ arrows in rapid succession and the Old man with a rapid fire repeater crossbow doing the same, But as a adult I see the repition of the same scenes spliced in to help cut filming cost. And the great sword fight scenes I now see as slow and clumsy. I will by this DVD however and I know I will love it, Why? Because its a good story and will bring back memories for me and my Wife. But I fear my Sons (9 and 11) will find it corny compared to Lord of the Rings and will not watch it more then once. So I give it 4 stars from me, but I'm pritty sure my kids would give it only 2.

A DnD lovers
Dungones and dragons lovers should love this movie. Even though its older and nothing like Lord of the rings. The way they portray the people and the different races in this movie is the way G. Gygax would have you play his races in the DnD game(my opinion). It has its somewhat corny but funny interactions with the characters. As well as the ever present good vs. evil. The actors play there characters well. And Jack Palance's voice in his character fits it perfectly. Could not have gotten a better person for the part.

Elfs and more Elfs? Oh Yes!
Ok first of all this film is old and the acting is quite wooden at times but it has a great bunch of charaters that wouldn't be out of place in the Lord of the Rings. It also has the best Elf character in any movie of its kind. Retro, cool and very similar to the old Clint Eastwood Cowboy movies of yesterday. The sound track is also retro. If wizards and warriors is your thing then this movie is well worth a look. If this movie had been made for today using blue screen special effects it would well deserve a 5 star rating.

I still remember this 20 years later, OMG!
So one fateful Christmas Eve, it was not a family movie about Rudolph that my family watched. No! We found Hawk the Slayer playing and couldn't keep our eyes off it! Now 20 years later, I'm snapping the DVD up because this is still a great movie. I have never seen a more over the top villain performance than the one of Voltan (Jack Palance). And all the ensemble British actors added their own memorable moments to this movie. I mean, have you ever called someone, "bag of dirt??" And the dwarf's story of Turkels? What about the whispering wizard woman and the gathering of the heroes portion? And when Voltan grieves for his son ("Drogoooooooooooooooooo!"). The one handed man and his machine gun crossbow. Oh and the battles with all the quick lightning firing by the robotic talking elf and one handed man (these are hilarious! You literally see 20 - 30 guys die over the sound of arrows whizzing in about 5 seconds). Oh yes, and when Voltan threatens Hawk outside the church with his angry hate speech. There are so many hilarious moments, they should all add together to make a truly awful film. I mean the soundtrack is a strange disco + moody ditty thing, yet I can hum it 20 years later.

Somehow this movie transcends an obvious fate of oblivion. It has a character all its own and it really really fun to watch. Try and watch it with friends. You will love this movie, just don't laugh too loud so you can't hear what's happening next.... ... Read more