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Year:	1986
Country of origin:	USA / UK
Director:	Russell Mulcahy
Genre:	Head lopping fantasy
Starring:	Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown
Rating:	3/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/
Tagline:	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.
Favourite line:	"There can be only one!"

Queen soundtrack.
Christopher Lambert.
Sean Connery in drag.
Time travel shenanigans.
The Kurgan.
Sounds great, right?
And really it should be. But it's not.
What a massive disappointment this was.
Having spawned 2 sequels, and being something of a cult mega-hit having failed so spectacularly at the box office, I thought this film would be everything I love. Instead, we have a mish-mash of none-events, wooden acting and the ropyist dialogue this side of Debbie Does Dallas.
The only true saving grace is The Kurgan, a masterful turn by Clancy Brown as the neck scarred Immortal.

The plot, for the three people left on earth yet to see this: Some people are born immortal and must compete to lop off each others heads during the time of The Gathering, the ultimate victor claiming The Prize.

Vague as a Height Ashbury survivor then.
The ingredients should work together, but fall flat, and even the muscular Queen soundtrack can't save this one and, instead, only serves to intrude all too frequently.
Disappointed.