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02/21/07
Highlander (1986)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:19
Rotten:10
Average Rating:5.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Russell Mulcahy's original saga of immortal Scotsman Connor Macleod, one of a race of immortals who can only be killed when beheaded with a sword. After living in peace for four centuries, he is... [More]
Starring: Sean Connery, Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Reviews for Highlander
Top CriticIt's a lot of utterly preposterous fun, even if it doesn't quite hang together.
06/24/06
Top CriticA truly heroic stomp through time and space.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis is a bad, bad movie that I really, really like. And I'm not embarrassed to say so.
01/01/00
Connery, on the other hand, is a welcome sight. It is director Russell Mulcahy's style that doesn't work here.
06/05/07
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03/26/09
Top CriticAnother example of a decent first film that led to a mediocre series. Great performances from Connery and Brown.
03/22/03
No equal among sword-and-sorcery flicks.
04/13/02
No review available.
05/07/07
No review available.
02/08/04
Lambert, with his beetle brow, broken nose, and vaguely crossed eyes, remains an amiable oddball presence, and Sean Connery radiates charm and nobility in a bit as an elder immortal who shows Lambert the rules of the game.
06/05/07
No review available.
07/26/02
No review available.
08/01/05
No review available.
07/08/04
Lambert is likeable as the highlander of the title and the villain is quite memorable and steals the show.
01/01/00
For me, the worst movie of the 1980s.
10/17/02
Maybe it was the sheer audacity of the film's silliness that made it so popular or the brief, swaggering presence of Connery.
04/08/01
"There can only be one!" And that's one too many.
04/24/03
No review available.
04/22/05
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