Rating of
2.5/4
Captain Kronos - Logic Hunter
kcvidkid - wrote on 11/28/08
An interesting effort, but in terms of a potential franchise-starter, a complete failure.
I don't know that Hammer intended to start a franchise with this, but it's the perfect concept for one: a roaming vampire hunter travelling the countryside encountering all kinds of monsters. It could have been an "X-Files" or "Supernatural" of the 1970's.
While not executed anything near perfectly, Captain Kronos (the person) is at least a sketch of an interesting character. Sometimes he's more interested in the woman than the beast, and he has a great sense of humor about it. Some of his one-liners are laugh-out-loud funny.
But the movie itself is quite dull. And the climactic battle sequence is poorly staged. I've never seen such a stiff swashbuckler. But I'm not sure vampires should be killed by swords, anyway. However, this scene provides an excellent example of the paradox of the entire movie: even though the scene itself is bad, there is a brilliant idea buried within. Arming his sword with a reflective handle, Kronos is able to turn the vampiress's mesmerizing gaze upon herself, effectively freezing her.
Then again, I thought vampire's cast no reflection? See, it's very inconsistent, even under its own rules.
Skin Rating = 3 (out of 4). Once again, there's a young hottie named Paul. Slightly rougher, yet still very handsome, is Kronos himself. Horst Janson spends at least a third of the movie shirtless.
