Even Gerry Fisher's camerawork can't convince me that this is other than the most inutterable tosh.

| Jul 30, 2024

Made with such superstyle Highlander does have entertainment value but this can only be a one-off.

| Jul 30, 2024

Close your brain to the illogicalities of the time-chopping structure and there is much to marvel at.

| Jul 24, 2024

As the climax approaches, this sci-fi/fantasy blend tends to bore, struggling to turn sword-fighting and an inevitable showdown for an undefined “prize” into excitement.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jul 20, 2024

It’s easy to see why many love this picture but just as easy to see why many despise it.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 15, 2023

The film is a little sad, a little comic, a little horrific, and a little sexy and, now, it’s out on home video for the first time in 4K UHD with Dolby Vision and a bevy of bonus features.

| Dec 21, 2022

...gloriously deadpan fantasy epic...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 6, 2021

...watchable yet sluggish...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 1, 2021

Highlander is a visionary action/sci-fi film which deftly explores themes of eternal life, the temptation of power, and true love.

| Apr 7, 2020

Its relevance in the imaginary of those who grew up in the eighties is such that none of its two horrendous sequels are capable of destroying it. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 27, 2019

It's all here, folks: fancy wipes, expressionistic angles, quick-cut close-ups, stylized backlighting, camera moving in endless illogic.

| Jan 3, 2018

Highlander is the visual counterpart to rock band Queen (who supply a number of songs on the soundtrack) - big, brash and operatic filmmaking of the highest order.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 11, 2016

Before it came to a thudding halt with a craven, creatively bankrupt franchise cash-grab, the rich world of "Highlander" - in all its bombast and bereavement - was, and is, worth getting lost in for two hours.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 2, 2016

A bit clumsy in spots, but Highlander is a thoroughly entertaining action-fantasy picture.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 6, 2010

OK fantasy adventure film that has achieved cult status to many.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 17, 2008

Connery, on the other hand, is a welcome sight. It is director Russell Mulcahy's style that doesn't work here.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 5, 2007

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.

| Jun 5, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 7, 2007

Don't go in expecting too much and you should be ok.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 21, 2007

It's a lot of utterly preposterous fun, even if it doesn't quite hang together.

| Jun 24, 2006