- Recordedsnake20 december 2025Highlander is a cult classic that blends fantasy, action, and myth into a truly memorable film. Its story of immortals battling across centuries is both epic and surprisingly emotional, with strong performances from Christopher Lambert and a scene stealing Sean Connery. Paired with Queen’s iconic soundtrack, it’s bold, atmospheric, and unforgettable, because... "There can be only one!"
- Chris C13 mars 2026My memory of this movie was significantly better than it ended up being on a re-watch. For people who have supposedly lived centuries or millennia, they're all truly terrible swordsmen. Lambert has all the charisma of a cardboard box and most of the others are no more than two-dimensional caricatures of actual characters. Clancy Brown plays The Kurgan with gleeful outrageousness, but that's not enough to carry the movie. While the premise itself is great (if not full of logical holes, but we can ignore those for a movie) and the music is excellent—with Queen lending some real hits to it—that's not sufficient to rescue a movie that just really is not executed (pardon the pun) very well.
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Highlander was released on 7 mars 1986.
Highlander was directed by Russell Mulcahy.
Highlander has a runtime of 1h 56m.
Highlander was produced by William N. Panzer, Peter S. Davis.
På New Yorks gator kan man tro att han är vilken trettioåring som helst. Men han är Connor McLeod, en av De Odödliga: 450 år gammal och dömd till evigt liv sedan födelsen på det skotska höglandet 1536. Det finns bara ett sätt han kan dödas på - att få huvudet avhugget av en annan odödlig. Plötsligt drabbas staden av en rad otäcka mord. Alla offer blir halshuggna. Och mördaren är en av MacLeods egna - den ondskefulla Kurgan. Genom att döda andra av samma sort absorberar han deras egenskaper - vilket ger honom krafter så enorma att han skulle kunna regera över världen. Men då måste han också döda MacLeod...en hjälte som aldrig tappar huvudet.
The key characters in Highlander are Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod (Christopher Lambert), Brenda J. Wyatt (Roxanne Hart), Victor 'The Kurgan' Kruger (Clancy Brown).
Highlander is rated 15.
Highlander is an Action, Adventure, Fantasy film.
Highlander has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.
Highlander had a budget of 19 mn US$.
Highlander has made 12,9 mn US$ at the box office.