1986 · fantasy · action
Highlander
Directed by Russell Mulcahy1h 56m1986
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
Our read: Highlander (1986) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive fantasy · action entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured fantasy / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
Watching Highlander tonight? Spin for your lens.
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How Highlander feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want immortal sword fights, Queen on blast, and glorious eighties cheese.”
Skip it tonight — You can't stomach choppy editing or fantasy lore told in flashbacks.
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