Highlander
March 7, 1986 in theaters
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.
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"He is the Highlander. He is immortal."
DID YOU KNOW?
Queen wrote the entire soundtrack specifically for the film, including 'Princes of the Universe,' 'Who Wants to Live Forever,' and 'A Kind of Magic.' Freddie Mercury considered the collaboration one of his favorite creative projects.
THE VERDICT
Synthesized from published reviews
An objectively flawed film that somehow transcends its flaws completely -- a fantasy about immortal swordsmen dueling through history, soundtracked by Queen at their most operatic, directed by Russell Mulcahy with music-video energy that suits the material perfectly. Christopher Lambert is improbably charismatic as Connor MacLeod, Sean Connery steals every scene he occupies as the Spanish-Egyptian Ramirez, and Clancy Brown's Kurgan is one of cinema's great sneering heavies. There can be only one, and somehow this is it.
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