Highlander (Director's Cut)
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Actor: Anthony Fusco, Beatie Edney, Christopher Lambert, Clancy Brown, Sean ConneryBrand: Lions Gate
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Highlander (Director's Cut)
Movie Review: One of the COOLEST movies ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
HIGHLANDER (1986) is one of my personal favorite flicks! Don't care that it's not really a FILM. But it's definitely a MOVIE experience! Trapped (for better or worse) in the 80s, HIGHLANDER is one of the very few movies that I've ever seen that has an absolutely outlandish premise, but pulls it off with total confidence, competence, and flair! The movie pulls you in from the start, with a rocking song by music group Queen (which supplied all the songs for the movie) and introduces us to the title character Connor MacLeod, the Highlander, played with strong conviction by (at the time) French newcomer Christopher Lambert. The opening swordfight sequence between MacLeod and his first foe Fasil in the Madison Square Garden garage is a cool, fast-paced scene. Then the movie flashes back to 16th century Scotland where we find that MacLeod is actually immortal and the only way he can die is by beheading.
Flashback scenes show that in the 16th century, MacLeod was trained by another immortal, the flamboyant Spaniard Ramirez (played with scene-stealing flair by the legendary Sean Connery). The mentorship scenes between MacLeod and Ramirez have a sweep and grandeur that is rarely portrayed in films anymore, at least not in such a heartfelt, unassuming way. MacLeod also outlives his first wife Heather (sexy, sweet Beatie Edney). In flashback, we are also introduced to the evil immortal Kurgan (played by Clancy Brown in brilliantly unapologetic, energetic performance), who is out to be the last immortal to win The Prize.
In the present day, MacLeod meets police forensics expert Brenda (fiery and luscious Roxanne Hart), whose avocation is studying and writing books on ancient swords. She's interested in MacLeod's sword, which she found remnants of in the Garden lot while the police were investigating the aftermath of the MacLeod-Fasil fight. MacLeod and Brenda develop a strong attraction to each other and Brenda's investigation leads her to find out of MacLeod's immortality and she falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Kurgan seeks out Macleod in present-day New York to battle for The Prize.
The star Lambert does a great job of displaying MacLeod's eternal dread of living a life of loneliness; he is detached and melancholy, but still resilient, forthright and strong. Which makes the ending all the more satisfying. Another big selling point of HIGHLANDER is it's on-location cinematography (the luscious Scottish highlands countered with the gritty New York atmosphere), giving the fantasy a realistic appeal. This, interspersed with the fantastic Queen music and fast-paced, no-nonsense, yet involving storytelling makes HIGHLANDER an 80s keeper!
****WARNING/SPOILERS****I will add a minor comment about the director's cut, which includes 2 scenes that I'm glad got left out of the original presentation: 1 is scene of Connor and the British girl he found during WWII (who would grow up to be his assistant in the antique shop) and 1 of Connor and Brenda at the zoo in the aftermath of their love scene****END OF WARNING/SPOILERS****
Summary of Highlander (Director's Cut)
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