If you loved Krull, try Hands of Steel

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Hands of Steel has roughly 6.9× fewer votes than Krull — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Krull

1983 · dir. Peter Yates

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Hands of Steel

1986 · dir. Sergio Martino

What they share

Theyboth carry the 3am cult, neon soaked mood tags, and they sit in Action / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Krull, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

3am cultneon soaked

What Hands of Steel is

You’re a cyborg sent to kill a scientist whose research decides human survival and then hear the scientist ask why you were built. Sergio Martino’s fluorescent neon lighting ties the human heart to steel pulses.

If you loved Krull, try Hands of Steel

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What they share

What Hands of Steel is

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