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Highlander (1986)
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Movie Review by MCBD
January 3rd, 2009
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NO WOMEN 'IMMORTALS' - ANYONE SURPRISED?
This is 'THE PRIZE' - Each Man's Thoughts And Dreams Are Yours To Know. You Are At One With All Living Things.
In the wink of an eye HIGHLANDER covers the years from 1536 - 1985.
In the year 1985 an event called 'The Gathering' is to take place in NYC. Men from the 4 corners of the earth, known as 'Immortals', will be attending this gathering. It will be determined here, once and for all, who of the last remaining few will solely claim for himself - THE PRIZE.
A mighty battle is to be held. This confrontation will prove who is the deftest, strongest, and most highly skilled swordsman of all. This victor will undoubtedly be the winner of the coveted PRIZE.
There is only one sure-fire way for an opponent to successfully slay a fellow Immortal - Decapitation. His rival's head must be cleanly severed from his body. Once this is accomplished the victor will immediately inherit the deceased-one's power, making him ultimately stronger than ever.
From my point of view - THE PRIZE that is being fought over so ferociously by the Immortals isn't much of a prize to me. I don't think that I'd be too interested in knowing all man's thoughts and dreams. What would be the purpose of knowing that? I mean, aren't most people's dreams and thoughts pretty predictable and run-of-the-mill, anyway? Well, aren't they!? Yep. It all sounds like incredibly boring stuff to me.
Part 2 of THE PRIZE isn't much better, either. 'To Be At One With All Living Things' - Am I supposed to take that one literally?? C'mon, that's dumb! Who wants to be 'At One' with, say, a bucket of slime? - Or - A nest of maggots? - Or - A pile of poop? ('Cause all these things are considered 'living', too. Are they not!?) And I sure as hell don't want to be 'At One' with any of them - Yuck! - Do you!?
With all this ridiculous PRIZE-Stuff set aside - HIGHLANDER really is quite an entertaining Fantasy/Action flick, if you don't take it too seriously. There are some truly dazzling and marvelous special effects in this one. And CLANCY BROWN as The Kurgan, the evil Immortal (There's always one in every crowd) is perfectly cast and plays his part to the hilt, with obvious 'fiendish' glee.
I hated the sucky, limp-wristed QUEEN Soundtrack, big time.
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