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Highlander

1986
Fantasy
Action
1h 56m
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Rated 08 Oct 2009
59
27th
It's an 80s action film with a good plot about immortality and love, but horrible special effects and acting. The lone star in the film is the villian, who is a mean, disgusting and overly violent monster of a man. I have no interest in watching this particular film again, but if there's any movie that could use a well-funded and well-produced remake, I would say this is it. So much potential.
Rated 19 Jan 2012
51
41st
Russell Mulcahy's cheese-fest with big aspirations managed to gather cult following and spawn endless sequels and spinoffs despite many obvious shortcomings. The whole pitch of the story sounds really good, when you think of it. Lambert's acting is a killing like always. And by 'killing' I mean that he can't act at all. In the end, it's not too entertaining, but there's something cute about cheesy films going big.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
68th
In the end, there can be only one - and this first Highlander is the only one worth seeing.
Rated 20 Mar 2011
20
6th
10 points for Queen, 10 points for the old guy next to the lamp post
Rated 25 Jun 2011
35
2nd
Highlander sucks. It's not a good movie and most of the time it's not an entertaining one either. It drags and drags, with horrible accents and bad cinematography and it's so 80s it hurts. The concept is cool, which only makes it all the more disappointing that they couldn't do more with "immortals fighting with swords trying to chop each others heads off."
Rated 20 Aug 2020
80
73rd
I live for this shit. I can't help myself. Highlander is exactly the movie I was hoping it would be and more. It's ridiculous casting works for some reason (or at least adds to my pleasure watching this) and it's brilliantly wild worldbuilding and story ticks make for some of the best 80's action I've had the pleasure of enjoying.
Rated 01 Dec 2010
26
10th
It's not easy to be this bad and cheesy without being funny, but Highlander manages that just fine.
Rated 16 Dec 2008
7
70th
Cool. Clancy Brown carrying around a fucking giant sword in a briefcase, Connery pretending not to be Scottish and Lambert hamming it up like he was in a food court. What's not to like? Hell - what's not to love? Points for decapitations and numerous weird wideangle shots (winner: A guy seen fleeing through the reflection of his dropped sunglasses). THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Uhm. And then three sequels.
Rated 11 Dec 2021
43
26th
Man, for something that launched a huge franchise, that people talk about as "the good one"... a *lot* of it is terribly mediocre. There are definitely good *parts*, moments that hit a meaningful emotional note. (And of course Queen is always good.) But it's got mediocre fight choreography, a mediocre performance by Christopher Lambert, and a last half-hour that really goes down the tubes. Plus, it's weird to have a movie all about swords that has so many errors about swords.
Rated 26 Dec 2018
43
10th
Bombastic hokum that kicked off many bad visual trends. The mix of noir elements within a faux epic register was rather original, and the concept of immortals chasing each other across time is decent, as was the time shifting narrative which was unusual for a genre piece, but Widen's plotting is messy and he touches on many related themes (e.g. the isolation and burden of mortality) without developing any of them. Lambert is a wooden plank as MacLeod, and Mulcahy's flashy style is dated.
Rated 15 Nov 2017
85
20th
Any movie that gives the hero the ability to say his name to a woman, tell her he cannot die, and she automatically sleeps with him, has to be a good flick. Add in the bad guy's name is "The Kurgan", and Sean Connery is slicing people up with an s-word like they're Alex Trebek's control over Celebrity Jeopardy, and you have a WINNER!
Rated 21 Oct 2009
45
16th
This is much worse than I remember. Lambert plays a Scotsman with a terrible French accent while Connery is supposedly an Egyptian/Spanish with - guess what, Scottish accent; yeah right. No action choreography whatsoever too.
Rated 13 Dec 2009
60
53rd
Very strange, very 80s fantasy-flick, that started a film series, about which it can be said that there should have been only one...
Rated 17 Feb 2017
40
15th
The filmmakers showed remarkable bravery for making the life of an immortal feel like an eternity.
Rated 23 Mar 2016
30
25th
The first Highlander film has aged poorly. Watching Lambert feels like seeing a proto-Tommy Wiseau (and would the cosmos implode if they ever teamed up?). The most charismatic performer in this movie is Michael P.S. Hayes.
Rated 25 Nov 2014
30
6th
You remember this too fondly and I dare you to revisit.
Rated 03 Mar 2011
80
77th
Clancy Brown raids Cher's closet.
Rated 31 May 2022
72
29th
Maybe my teen self would've liked this more. It mixes D&D elements w/ a "metal" vibe I may have found "awesome" at the time, but I'm not so sure. It's predictability isn't offset by anything I found funny & the (too) many sword fights aren't impressive. I became annoyed in the last 30 minutes waiting for the inevitable climax. The flashbacks aren't particularly interesting & that third act romance comes out of nowhere. & why does Connery train him? What's good? The imagery's often majestic.
Rated 17 Aug 2009
91
84th
Queen! Decapitation! Sean Connery is Spanish!
Rated 21 Nov 2009
67
13th
I feel lame that I'm bothered that a French man awkwardly pretends to be a Scotsman (I will say I'm a fan of Lambert as Raiden though), while a real Scotsman plays an Egyptian Spaniard with a Scottish accent. That said, I like the concept, and how 80s it all is, though it's a bit uneven in places.
Rated 15 Feb 2013
80
68th
The difference between this and modern action doesn't have to do with quality, but how seriously they take themselves. This is pure 80's cheese. This movie is hilarious and has a soundtrack done by Queen. Win/win in my book.
Rated 19 Feb 2009
80
50th
one of my fav. movies from my childhood
Rated 15 Nov 2015
40
22nd
Well, this is really bad. It's like this film tries to be an unintended parody of itself. Almost nothing here makes sense or is explained properly, with Queen's hits being the highlights of this sci-fi-fantasy-historic-wannabe-epic-nonsense.
Rated 22 Feb 2014
49
42nd
Plenty of 80's cheese throughout, but at least there's some good fights and violence, and the concept itself is pretty interesting. The acting is probably the weakest link; the decision to cast Lambert as the Scotsman and Connery as the Spanish Egyptian is just fucking baffling.
Rated 10 May 2014
45
23rd
That script was terrible even for an 80s cheese. Mulcahy's direction somehow saves it from being completely unwatchable, but the film is completely aimless and makes no sense at all.
Rated 19 May 2008
84
86th
A facinating anomaly of a movie, it's interesting that a movie with such a stupid premise could be so good, but it definitely has become a great guilty pleasure for many people who've seen it.
Rated 06 Oct 2010
63
8th
Absolute drivel, one of the flimsiest, shoddiest, most one-dimensional and poorly executed films I have seen, even for a B-movie.
Rated 13 Jan 2014
9
91st
Highlander is one of the most re-watchable and nostalgic films of my lifetime and growing up I played the VHS to death. The bizarrely cast Christopher Lambert & Sean Connery share many over the top moments together but they are both great and Clancy Brown is one of my favourite villains. And the Queen soundtrack is a classic. This film is by no means flawless, it hasn't aged particularly well and it's 80's B-Movie filmmaking at it's absolute cheesiest. But Highlander is thoroughly enjoyable.
Rated 10 May 2019
36
3rd
Mulcahy's direction is the film's best asset, but tonally there is no roadmap. And ultimately, this comes down to a final confrontation quickly, so the film struggles to fill two hours while we wait. Connery is in this for five minutes. Lambert has a weird stare and we're supposed to relate to him most. Why would any highlanders be friends anyway? Clancy Brown has the best motivation, maybe the only motivation. Holy shit this movie is boring.
Rated 07 Dec 2008
55
16th
Silly stuff, but I kinda like this whole concept of going around chopping other people's heads with antique swords.
Rated 27 Apr 2021
55
25th
Starts daft. Gets dafter. Gets Sean Connery. Gets unnecessary backflips. Gets plot holes. Gets cheap stunts with zero fucks given about continuity. Gets the "perfect warrior" being a tall guy who grunts a lot. Loses all grip of its own internal logic, and basically botches a decent premise so badly it starts to become sort of good again. Undoubtedly a cult classic, but you'd be hard pressed to call it a "good" movie.
Rated 07 Nov 2022
56
11th
Highlander seemingly has a cult following that, sadly, I couldn't get on board with. I liked the soundtrack, ill-fitting as it was. I appreciate the 80's cheese, the mythology surrounding the Quickening, and the punk atmosphere even if the direction was middling. Unfortunately, Lambert's performance (including accent work) is film-ruining bad.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
30
10th
So...very...slow
Rated 15 Nov 2008
35
37th
Any film that becomes a TV series is questionable.
Rated 26 Nov 2011
35
10th
This movie is pretty terrible. I'm not really sure why it gets so much praise unless it based mostly on people seeing it the year it came out or as young kids. Half the things that happen in this film make zero sense, nobody acts particularly well, and the swordplay is not as nice as everyone says. It's good to laugh at but nothing more.
Rated 02 Feb 2019
9
98th
I am literally in awe of what I’ve just seen. There’s nothing this movie didn’t have. Sword fights. Sean Connery. Medieval Scottish highlands warfare. Queen songs. Michael Kamen score. Training montages. Growing old montages. Boobs. Old ladies on cars. WWII. Generic 80s movie cops. Wrestling. The Quickening. Clancy Brown going nuts to a degree that would make Ledger Joker go “what the fuck bro?!” How did Russell Mulcahy go from this virtuoso filmmaking to decades of unwatchable shit?
Rated 27 May 2011
15
7th
Hasn't aged well. Horrible soundtrack.
Rated 28 May 2007
45
11th
Heck of a catchphrase generator and a fun central conceit. But Lambert believeable as, well, anything?
Rated 20 Nov 2012
52
30th
The concept is fun, but ye gods, the film itself is so damn cheesy and unengaging. The Queen soundtrack is neat I guess.
Rated 11 May 2010
5
2nd
Biggest load of none-sense. Maybe I'm just too "female" to understand it. Horrible. Every moment pained me.
Rated 23 Feb 2020
69
61st
I remember loving this as a child/young teenager and it holds up okay. Except for the soundtrack, which is nowhere near okay, but actually amazeballs. The movie has a neat premise and some interesting (by virtue of being really batshit) visuals, but it takes a long time to get through what is actually a very simple plot.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
58
48th
Fun and original for what it is.
Rated 29 Dec 2011
81
79th
How did the immortals know there could only be one? Who told them? Was it an educated guess?
Rated 20 Feb 2014
45
18th
The fantasy narrative, which sees a number of immortals fight across centuries for an ultimate prize, is drab and haphazardly constructed, while the action scenes are underwhelming and the romantic elements a waste of time; it’s all held together by tacky charm alone. Lambert as the hero is a charisma vacuum (and his accent is truly awful) while Connery practically sleepwalks, but at least Clancy Brown offers a memorable turn as the evil Kurgan.
Rated 19 Jun 2008
60
26th
Maybe deserve less, but i grew up with it
Rated 29 Jan 2020
60
62nd
So, you've got a Frenchman playing a Scot, a Scot playing a Spaniard, and Clancy Brown chewing scenery like he's going to starve. You've got a late-era Queen soundtrack and a dated dead-serious fantasy concept. Yes, all these things take the cheese to 11 but that's exactly why I love this film.
Rated 30 Jan 2009
55
16th
Is Christopher Lambert the worst screen actor of all time?
Rated 06 Feb 2009
75
71st
A classic of the'80s, the film can provide a legend of the most creative way possible. Still has a great soundtrack with the band Queen.
Rated 20 Jun 2011
60
25th
There can be only one...movie that has sparks, back flips, and trench coats. Hilarious.
Rated 23 Sep 2011
72
37th
Great in its day.
Rated 29 Dec 2013
82
31st
A lot of fun, but a little disappointing.
Rated 16 Sep 2007
93
93rd
A true classic.
Rated 17 Oct 2011
57
31st
A great Kamen score, some novel costume designs, some interesting set designs, and the director has a good eye for photographing Scotland. But the plot is just abjectly predictable and I really didn't like most of the cast. The only people involved in this movie whose voices didn't grate on me were Sean Connery, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor. Far from a bad movie, but I don't see myself hunting down all the sequels and TV series.
Rated 26 Dec 2022
75
48th
Stylistically fresh and impressive action/fantasy yarn is great fun to watch (especially during the hilarious sequences with “Scotsman” Lambert and “Spaniard” Connery!) – the characters are so compelling, and action sequences so well mounted, that you can forgive the sometimes headache inducing plotting (and disorienting time travel leaps) and that, at least for the first time viewer, there is a distinct lack of coherence to what a Highlander actually is, and what their ultimate goals are.
Rated 08 Dec 2011
80
66th
Fun action film. The scenes set in the past depicting the history of Highlander and the Immortals are the real highlight of this movie.
Rated 22 Jul 2009
68
51st
Fun fact: they didn't know Lambert couldn't speak a word of english when they casted him. Based on that, he didn't do a bad job.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
95th
Clancy Brown with a massive claymore, Sean Connery trying to play a Spaniard and Christopher Lambert trying to play a Scotsman. Classic 80s cheese with some entertaining neck-severing action.
Rated 18 Mar 2024
66
52nd
Some of this was a bit odd but still fun to watch.
Rated 20 Dec 2020
69
75th
A bit distracting at times because of the production's cheesiness, though the story is interesting
Rated 27 May 2015
60
50th
Cheesy, but fun - a film not quite like any other. The soundtrack is particularly enjoyable, as is Sean Connery's Spanish accent.
Rated 09 Apr 2010
80
84th
It won the Oscar for Greatest Movie of All Time. So you know it's good.
Rated 17 Oct 2009
99
93rd
Exceptional. Also great music score.
Rated 29 Dec 2009
70
37th
Awesome back in the day. Loved it as a kid, but haven't seen it since.
Rated 11 Mar 2021
60
39th
Best dialogue, best line delivery, best editing, best consistent lighting, best Egyptian Spanish accent ever.
Rated 12 Nov 2008
99
68th
Mit einem spitzen Sean Connery als Rodriguez und einem fantastischen Clancy Brown als DER Superschurke Kurgan! Ich liebe diesen Film und hab ihn sicher schon 100 Mal gesehen!
Rated 14 Sep 2023
70
47th
Amazing 80s cheesiness in the most sincere way.
Rated 22 Jan 2022
75
26th
Viewed January 16, 2022. Russell Mulcahy essentially makes no effort to present the script's multiple timelines in a palatable, comprehensible way. I don't mind because his visual style is so distinct and intense; from the moment his camera flies over a packed Madison Square Garden crowd in the opening sequence, I'm hooked. For Mulcahy, the timeline jumps achieve the same effect as the wild camera movements and distorted angles—a visceral impact divorced from the particulars of the narrative.
Rated 10 Mar 2011
40
23rd
scaring fantacy, noway
Rated 14 Aug 2007
77
53rd
Cool idea, excellent swordplay, another role where Sean Connery plays himself, and a soundtrack by Queen; what more could anyone want. The movie is a lot of fun, but it's also very dated, so the style is a little cheesy. Funny that a movie about immortals wouldn't be very timeless, but either way, it's quite enjoyable. Pretty good!
Rated 25 Sep 2010
68
65th
A completely dated 80's film still lives on due to it's fairly original take on the fantasy genre. Lambert is fun but everyone else is pretty goofy. Rocking soundtrack and some interesting camerawork make this still worth seeing.
Rated 11 Feb 2013
70
43rd
Who wants to live forever? Queen are awesome. The idea behind the movie is brilliant. Christopher Lambert was never the one to be praised for acting. And the swordfights could have been WAY better.
Rated 04 Feb 2016
95
63rd
Yet today, what remains most memorable about this fast-moving, epic adventure is that it derives tremendous energy from its historical context; from both the prevailing "apocalypse mentality" of the 1980s and the connected fin-de-siecle movement, which a careful viewer can also detect in other genre pieces of the age. In short, Mulcahy's film proposes the idea of a secret society living amongst us, so-called "princes of the universe".
Rated 08 Dec 2008
81
77th
QUEEN CAMP
Rated 10 Aug 2008
77
77th
This sleezy 80's flick was a mind blower back then. I owe it on DVD and I haven't seen it for a long time. To review it again brought memories but as a movie there's big holes in it. Story goes on pretty good till the Connery part. I never really liked Connery in this story, neither the poor sequels. The end is crap like it ought to be in this kind of action movies. The interesting visual shifts in time and place were still kind of cool and story's got it's own mythology which interests me.
Rated 21 Dec 2011
98
58th
The film begins with a voiceover establishing the film as the story of the immortals fighting to the death for centuries. In 1985, Russell Nash (Christopher Lambert) decapitates Iman Fasil (Peter Diamond) during a sword fight in a Madison Square Garden parking garage. Nash hides his sword, an ivory-handled katana, and the police foil Nash's escape attempt from the garage. In 1536, Connor MacLeod (Lambert) and his clansmen, including his cousins Dugal MacLeod (Billy Hartman) and Angus MacLeod (Ja
Rated 16 Sep 2008
45
64th
Who wants to live forever
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
81st
The one movie set in Scotland and Sean Connery's cast as an Egyptian!
Rated 17 Sep 2015
71
33rd
There can only be one, plus seventy points given to this film. So this was my first time seeing this movie after many people have quoted it and talked about how they loved it. I'm not exactly sure what people really love about it other than its campy B-Movie-ness. Some of the sword fights were cool and Sean Connery was a Spanish pretty-boy but that's really all the best things I can say. Christopher Lambert was cool but he was impossible to hear with his accent and how quiet he spoke...
Rated 15 Nov 2014
69
44th
Fun cheesy schlock.
Rated 03 Feb 2009
73
21st
Wonderful music, yet the rest is simply inadequate
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
36th
Decent enough as a run of the mill cult classic. Not really as fun as it could've been though.
Rated 08 Jun 2014
30
6th
Those sword fights. Nowadays, kids use swords better than these actors!
Rated 23 Sep 2013
94
86th
highlander is one badass movie. the premise is incredible, imortals who can only be destroyed by cutting their heads off. its ingenious. the movie felt epic and I like the villain who gave it a 70s/80s new York punk vibe. very cool stuff.
Rated 19 Jan 2007
90
93rd
There Can Be Only One!
Rated 13 Feb 2019
91
99th
Love this film that was made for a pretty small budget and was hardly seen on release. The action and storyline really drag you into it, as long as you allow yourself too, as it is fantasy at it's core. Having the powerful Queen and their music involved was also really smart.
Rated 27 Oct 2007
95
92nd
There can be only one. Movie that is. Ignore the sequels.
Rated 10 Mar 2008
88
86th
Fast paced, challenging, mind blowing on some levels and bitterly sad on others. Interesting story line powerfully played and very much of its time. Falls between a blood and guts gorey romp and a fantasy adventure. Not too bad though.
Rated 18 Jan 2013
70
56th
* Casting, Acting : 7 * Script : 8 * Directing, Aura : 6 * Ease of Viewing : 7 * Naked Eye : 7
Rated 30 May 2021
67
31st
Another wonderful 80s movie that doesn't resist any closer look. Have a pizza, drink a beer and watch this for a fun night, but don't think much about it. It's a well done movie, with a good soundtrack and a nice premise, but it's cheesy and OVERTHETOP
Rated 27 Jul 2008
75
56th
Pretty serviceable fantasy film. I like this whole series.
Rated 24 Mar 2010
80
66th
Super-awesome movie. There can be only one! Sean Connery does a wonderful job playing an Egyptian (?) with a Scottish accent.
Rated 17 Jun 2012
80
47th
Queen makes it
Rated 04 Apr 2013
62
32nd
Good fun but also tremendously stupid. The broken-up flashbacks seem like an excuse to do ridiculous transitions, the execution of everything is so cheesy but I don't think it's knowing - it has camp charm but it could have went all the way. A decent score, and the cinematography is nice and flashy. The film tries to get some emotional moments but none of the cast or crew involved in making them happen have the chops to pull it off. Probably improved with alcohol.
Rated 18 May 2008
90
86th
Fun, original adventure movie. One of the few pictures in which MTV-style visuals actually work
Rated 28 May 2007
60
20th
An inspired, crazy idea that actually comes off reasonably well if a little too serious. Great soundtrack, too.
Rated 19 Aug 2009
95
86th
To quote Ricky Bobby: It won the academy award... for greatest movie ever.
Rated 17 Mar 2017
75
63rd
If you can get past the misogyny and Christopher Lambert's lack of acting talent, there's actually a really fun, at times hilariously bizarre high-concept fantasy movie here. The highlight is Clancy Brown's performance as the villain, who lends the movie a wild intensity its lead actor can't bring. +5 points for the tremendous Queen soundtrack.
Rated 01 May 2007
68
44th
A really good bad movie.
Rated 13 Jun 2022
50
9th
Dawnoftime/fighttilnoneremain-PRINCESOFTHEUNIVERSElol+freebirdslol+rememberspast-THERECANBEONLYONE+mixedaccentslol+connerythequickeninglol+finallyrealizedthetimelinelolcuzwasntgoodbutthisloreisdope+canthavekids+ohnowigetitlolthatwarhedidntdiesotheycasthimout-Kurganstrongestimmortal+killedconnery+warnedbutstayedwithgirltildiedold
Rated 23 Sep 2007
100
70th
Original story, great special effects

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