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Highlander

1986

Russell Mulcahy

Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Roxanne Hart, Beatie Edney ...

6.8

59,543

Fantasy. Adventure With the ultimate throw-down, "There can be only one," Highlander captured the imaginations of fantasy fans seeking a well-executed swordplay epic, becoming a cult classic in the process. Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) is one of a waning few survivors of a clan of immortals The breed have been dueling each other for centuries in the quest to be the last one remaining, and hence achieve a supreme enlightenment that would be ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Walter Goodman The New York Times	"Connery brings dash and style to the overblown proceedings, but then he loses his head and we're back with much ado about less than nothing."	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"It's a lot of utterly preposterous fun, even if it doesn't quite hang together"	NEU
United States	Paul Attanasio The Washington Post	"[The script] is profoundly derivative, poorly structured and jokey in a dull way"	NEG
United Kingdom	Matt Ford BBC	"Stylistically 'Highlander' may have dated as badly as Christopher Lambert's mullet, but so what? For an honest-to-God, boys-own thrash you can't beat it (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"A film that's all but incomprehensible. Yet Lambert (...) remains an amiable oddball presence, and Sean Connery radiates charm and nobility"	NEU
United States	Variety	"Mulcahy can’t seem to decide from one scene to the next whether he’s making a sci-fi, thriller, horror, music video or romance – end result is a mishmash."	NEG
United States	R.L. Shaffer IGN	"The first film in the series is really the only one that's any good"	POS

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