This strange, 1985 experiment by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) starred the up-and-coming Tom Cruise in a fairy-tale world of dwarfs and unicorns and demons. After the horn of a unicorn is broken, darkness and winter descend upon the world. Cruise's character, helped along by a magic sprite played by David Bennent (The Tin Drum), descends into hell to save paradise. This movie is almost a classic case of art direction gone amok. The somewhat amorphous Cruise doesn't lend much dramatic focus or artistic definition, but the drama between Tim Curry's satanic majesty and Mia Sara's character, who becomes a sort of princess of the netherworld, is pretty captivating. A mixed experience all around that makes one wish it had been more successful. --Tom Keogh
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
ABSOLUTELY FAB Brilliant,Brilliant, Brilliant!!!
If you like the Chroinicles of Narnia feel - but with more fantasy, goblins etc - you will love this. A must see for everyone - one to keep.
flawed masterpiece this is such a great movie, seeing that film is a visual medium, it is a stuning visual feast, before reading critiques to closely know some of the history not just the sound track i actually enjoy both and the mix on the ulitmate ed is the best.
Fire the set was destoryed while filming so this caused problems as scences couldnt be finished and the studio and scot were at loggerheads one can only imagine what it would have been if he was allowed his full vision. tim Curry steals the show with... more info
Buy the Ultimate Edition Region 1 version instead... For me, the Tangerine Dream track captivates every frame of this film making it a true fantasy classic. Comparing the two soundtracks side by side - the original Jerry Goldsmith score feels so uninspired to the point of making the entire film boring. It's also a 'quiet' soundtrack and is nowhere as involved or as complex as the TD score is - it kind of just sits there in the background like if you're sat in a deserted bar talking a beautiful woman - the music just kind of pales into insignificance.more info
The Legend is lost My family (when kids were young) have been watching Legend since the 80's and thank goodness we videoed it once when it was aired on tv as having since purchased the dvd we now realise that here in the UK we get the slower moving version of the film distributed for the european market. A BIG mistake in my view, and judging by some of the other reviews I am not alone. The Tangerine Dream/Brian Ferry soundtrack "makes" this film a truly magical experience from beginning to end and it seems criminal that we... more info
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