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Highlander

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• Adventure
• Fantasy

• 1986
• Russell Mulcahy
• 111 mins
• 15

Summary

Action fantasy starring Christopher Lambert and featuring Sean Connery. An antiques dealer living in modern New York is, in fact, a 16th-century Scottish warrior, one of a group known as "immortals", who can only be killed when decapitated by another of their kind. Meanwhile, the city's police are rather concerned by the discovery of a headless body and an ancient sword in an underground car park.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

So confused as to be hilariously watchable, this cult movie from director Russell Mulcahy wavers between sci-fi, horror and music video. Christopher Lambert is the 16th-century Scottish clansman who is schooled into being an immortal swordsman by Sean Connery, before battling with the evil Kurgan (Clancy Brown). There are some great sword-lunging duels - the best of which is set in a Madison Square Garden garage - but the story is never that engaging despite a soaring collection of Queen songs on the soundtrack. Still, the film managed to spawn multiple sequels and a hit TV series.

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7.0/10

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Cast

rolenameConnor MacLeodChristopher LambertBrenda WyattRoxanne HartKurganClancy BrownRamirezSean ConneryHeatherBeatie EdneyLieutenant Frank MoranAlan NorthRachel EllensteinSheila GishDetective Walter BedsoeJon PolitoSunda KastagirHugh QuarshieKirk MatunasChristopher MalcolmFasilPeter DiamondDugal MacLeodBilly HartmanAngus MacLeodJames CosmoKateCelia ImrieBassettIan Reddington

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rolenameDirectorRussell Mulcahy

Details

Theatrical distributor

Thorn-EMI Screen Entertainment

Released on

1986-08-29

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sex scenes and nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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