Highlander 1986 123movies

Watch: Highlander 1986 123movies, Full Movie Online – In New York City, the owner of a sophisticated antique shop Russell Edwin Nash is challenged to a sword fight in the parking lot of the Madison Square Garden by a man called Iman Fasil that is beheaded by Russell. He hides his sword and is arrested by the police while leaving the stadium. Russell recalls his life in the sixteenth century in Scotland, when he is Connor MacLeod, and is fatally wounded in a battle against another Clan. However, he surprisingly survives and his Clan believes he has a pact with the devil and expels him from their lands. Then he meets Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez, who explains that he is immortal unless he is beheaded. Further, the immortals dispute a game killing each other and in the end only one survives receiving a prize with the power of the other immortals. Russell is released by the police, but the snoopy forensic agent Brenda J. Wyatt is attracted by the case since she found fragments of an ancient Katana and follows Russell. But the also immortal Kurgan is hunting down MacLeod, and Brenda is in the middle of their battle..
Plot: 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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Ratings:

	7.1/10 Votes: 136,220
	70% | RottenTomatoes
	24/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 2149 Popularity: 30.149 | TMDB

Reviews:

A bit dated now, but still fun
I haven’t watched ‘Highlander’ since it was on TV in the eighties. I loved it as a kid and was a little apprehensive regarding how well it would stand around thirty years later. And, despite being quite surprised at how much I didn’t really appreciate back then, I’m pleased to say that it’s worth a watch before the inevitable remake that will doubtless come soon.

It’s (mainly) set in what was ‘modern day,’ but now is way back in the eighties, where Christopher Lambert plays one of the few last immortals left alive. He’s been around since, er, whenever Scotland was filled with bagpiping, claymore-wielding warriors (about 400 years I think he says at one point) and he’s lived his long life never being able to love properly due to the obvious complications involving watching all his loved ones age naturally and die. And, if that wasn’t bad enough, we – the audience – are repeatedly reminded that ‘There can be only one.’ That basically means that all remaining immortals must fight each other to the death (apparently you can actually kill an immortal with a well-placed decapitation) in order to win whatever prize awaits them.

I say ‘mainly’ set in the eighties, because there’s a fair amount of screen-time dedicated to flashbacks of when Lambert was the titular ‘Highlander’ in his native time. There he’s guided as to what he really is by one Obi-wan Kenobi mentor-like figure, played (as effortlessly as you’d expect) by Sean Connery. Here we learn about everyone’s backstory and the villain who’s been stalking the immortals throughout the ages. The main surprise I found while re-watching ‘Highlander’ after all this time is that I didn’t remember so much of the film being set in the past (it’s almost 50/50 between past and present. I remember Connery being in it (he was Bond, after all!), but that’s about all I could recall of the flashback scenes.

I would say that there’s plenty of action, watching one immortal take swing after swing of their sword at another immortal’s neck. However, by today’s standards, the action is probably a little tame. There’s hardly much exciting camerawork or major special effects (again, by today’s scale), so you get the odd swordfight every so often. It was great for the time and the sound effects used when the swords clash is really cool. Plus you have Queen’s epic and totally overblown soundtrack to accompany the film (written specifically for the film, I believe).

Highlander’ is all good fun, but then I’m biased as I’m viewing it through nostalgic eyes (and I’m a fan of Queen). It’s definitely worth a watch, but it may seem a little dull and old-fashioned to the cinema-goers of today who expect epic battles where entire cities are destroyed by intergalactic CGI armies. Oh and in keeping with the ‘There can be only one’ theme, if you do decide to watch ‘Highlander’ – stick to the original. I tried the sequels and realised that that tagline was more true than it ever intended!

Highlander is low
The sheer idiocy of Highlander just surprises me. It is so clumsily assembled and preposterously written that I find it hard to believe that what I saw on screen was the original plan of director Russell Mulcahy. At any rate, the fact still stands that Highlander is lame.

With that said, I suppose it has a little to offer. There are a few nice shots, a few more ‘very’ nice ones, and a couple of mildly enjoyable fight scenes. Unfortunately, there is also weak acting, even weaker dialogue, messy editing, and music ques which come in all the wrong places. Most of all though, Highlander is just dumb. It has nowhere to go really, and so instead it just seems to go in circles. When all is said and done, the picture doesn’t deliver enough to be worth a hundred minute time investment.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 56 min (116 min), 1 hr 50 min (110 min) (theatrical) (USA)
Budget 16000000
Revenue 12885193
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director Russell Mulcahy
Writer Gregory Widen, Peter Bellwood, Larry Ferguson
Actors Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown
Country United Kingdom, United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints), 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera J-D-C Cameras
Laboratory Technicolor, London, UK, Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 3,079 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2021 remaster), Spherical
Printed Film Format 70 mm (blow-up), 35 mm