Directed by:
Ridley ScottScreenplay:
William HjortsbergCinematography:
Alex ThomsonCast:
Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Billy Barty, Annabelle Lanyon, Robert Picardo, Peter O'Farrell, Kiran Shah, Cork Hubbert, Alice Playten (more)VOD (3)
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Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story has Tom Cruise as a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate to undertake a heroic quest. He must save a beautiful princess, Mia Sara, and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, Tim Curry, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age. (official distributor synopsis)
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After a Blu-ray screening, with a widescreen and perfectly polished image, I can safely say that Scott's Legend is the most visually beautiful fairytale ever to appear on cinema screens. It may not as sophisticated and thought-provoking as, say, The NeverEnding Story, but the form, my friends, the form is unique. It’s a pity that it’s not properly appreciated by a wider audience. Scott was in extraordinary form in the first half of the 1980s. And Goldsmith's beautiful music is a chapter on its own.
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A strange piece that is not helped by several visual tricks from Scott's workshop. The worst thing is that this attempt doesn't try to lean towards either fantasy or fairy tale. On one hand, it creates a dark and depressive mythology around unicorns and also borrows purely Tolkien-inspired world from The Silmarillion, but on the other hand, it gets lost in a series of weirdness and deaf spots. It doesn't come together, and when I add one of Cruise's few performances that really annoyed me, it turns out to be Scott's worst film.
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