|
| 
 enlarge | Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart, Beatie Edney
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.95
Buy Used: $0.99
You Save: $13.96 (93%)
New (5) Used (41) Collectible (1) from $0.99
Rating:  285 reviews
Sales Rank: 33669
Format: Thx, Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0782008372
UPC: 017153589528
EAN: 9780782008371
ASIN: 0782008372
Theatrical Release Date: March 7, 1986
Release Date: May 16, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Good Moive, Okay Quality April 17, 2008
T. Bonin (Kelowna, BC)
I remember Highlander from many years ago, always watching it from VHS. Many memorable lines and scenes and all that great Queen soundtrack music. Well it's many years later and the story is still there but like anything that's 20 years old, it shows it's age a little. The fights seem tame to todays standards, but then again there is more to this movie than the fights. Back then it was a 21" with VHS, today it's 91" with DVD. Quite grainy and lacking, but again maybe an upconverter will help. The price was right, but I probably was better off just renting.
 There Was a Lot of Magic and Lightning and Cliffs! March 21, 2008
AMP (Somewhere on Earth)
The Good Things
*Excellent cameramanship; excellent imagery and photography throughout. Very memorable.
*Great fight scenes.
*Nifty special effects.
*Good story. There is a lot of excitement, but also a lot of drama. Very original and interesting.
*Good character development.
*Pretty good acting, even if it seems overdone or corny.
The Bad Things
*It's becoming dated.
*Sound design is terrible. Some parts are very low and other parts are too loud.
*A lot happens, and can be a little tedious to get through.
This turned out better than I thought. It is very engaging, with slick photography, fancy special effects, and cool fight scenes. The middle of the movie has lots of drama and character development; a little long perhaps, but it makes for a good, deeper story. Definately worthwhile for fans of sci-fi or fantasy.
Highlander, in Hong Kong February 17, 2008
teflonjedi (Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China)
"There can be only one."
Truth be told, Highlander is not the best film in the world...but it's a "guilty pleasure" film for me, dating back to my grad school days in Kingston, at Queen's University.
So, as we were shopping around in Hong Kong a few days ago, I spotted this Video CD of the film, and picked it up, for the price of 9 HKD (about $1.25 Canadian or US), as you can see from the sticker price. My wife had never seen the movie, and I hadn't seen it since the late 90's, and I'd never experiences VCD video quality, so I figured it was a worthwhile investment, all 'round.
The film's plot is choppier than I remembered it, with less in the way of character development, especially as it relates to the modern-day love story. The special effects relating to the Quickening weren't as elaborate as they were in Highlander: The Series a few years later, either. But, it was an entertaining watch...and the love story in the past, with Heather, is handled in a touching fashion.
VCD quality is about the same as we would used to get on videotape, when recording TV programs...definitely not DVD quality.
 There can be only ONE! January 7, 2008
Gillian (Pekin, IL)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well this was for my husband, who loves this movie, he says because of the original story. "some guy just made all this up"...lol but it's a good quality dvd and a good movie to have.
Until the time of the Gathering December 22, 2007
Gunner (Bethlehem,Georgia)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
The Highlander DVD
Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery as his mentor in a sword and sorcery fantasy staged in modern day New York and 16th century Scotland.
Recommended for fans of sword and sorcery fantasy.
Gunner December, 2007
|
|
|
Copyright 2008 DVDonsale.com | |
