I took a trip on the Bank Holiday to the cinema at Rochester to watch a film that is forty years old. I suppose it’s a marketing idea by Cineworld where they show old films to encourage more people to attend? I saw Akira recently and this time it was the turn of Highlander. The tide was very low as I drove towards the cinema, all of the mud banks were visible. After watching the film I rated it on IMDb and gave to 6/10.
I don’t really want to review this film as a modern release, I have much love for this film. I don’t think I saw it when it was released in 1986, I would have been fourteen but I think I saw it on television some time after that. When I was at university people would reference it. Queen did the soundtrack. It was quite a thing.
As a film the story makes some sense, but the plotting and script of this film is terrible if I’m honest. I’m not going to rip everything apart, the film doesn’t deserve this, it’s a classic. I will say that there are many scenes in the film that are just stunning and I was amazed at the reflections in the final fight scene. It was well worth the drive to the cinema. Also, there was footage of a Sepecat Jaguar jaunting through the Scottish Highlands towards the end of the film and, for me, this absolutely made the film. It was great.