It was a sword and sorcery type film from the 80s that was on TV. The protagonist had a magic bow, and I think the antagonist had a magic axe? And the magic came from some tattoos or something they had on them that glowed. Anyone know what movie this was?
Was it “The Sword and The Sorcerer”?
No, it wasn’t. But that 3 bladed sword was bad ass!
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Huh. So this sounded interesting and I went searching around for it.
From your description, it seems like it’s a movie called The Archer: Fugitive From The Empire (also known as The Archer and the Sorceress).
This clip (note: spoilers because it’s part of the final battle) has the big bad with a magic axe (I’ve timestamped it because it’s a relatively long), and it looks like the power comes from glowing stones they use, but I’m not certain.
Will have to see if I can find a good source online. Looks like it got a pretty limited release on VHS and DVD.
There was another option, but I ruled it out when I saw the stuff above. In case you’re interested, the other one was called Conquest, which seems like a very bizarre movie featuring some odd BDSM themes and a magic bow that has sci-fi laser pistol pew pew sound effects for some reason.