Legend (1986)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 11
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This lavishly staged and costumed fantasy is about young Jack (Tom Cruise) and his lady love Princess Lili (Mia Sara), and how Jack battles Darkness (Tim Curry) to save both the Princess and the world. When the peasant Jack takes Princess Lili to see the unicorns, the strongest animals around, he does not know that Darkness, with his cloven hooves, yellow eyes, and red skin plans on using Lili as bait to weaken the unicorns which he does -- and plunge the world into an ice age. Soon after that
Apr 18, 1985 Wide
May 21, 2002
Universal Pictures
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Cast
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Tom Cruise
Jack -
Mia Sara
Princess Lili -
Tim Curry
Darkness -
David Bennent
Honethorn Gump -
Alice Playten
Blix -
Billy Barty
Screwball -
Cork Hubbert
Brown Tom -
Peter O'Farrell
Pox -
Kiran Shah
Blunder -
Annabelle Lanyon
Oona -
Robert Picardo
Meg Mucklebones -
Tina Martin
Neil -
Michael Crane
Demon Cook -
Ian Longmuir
Demon Cook -
Eddie Powell
Mummified Guard -
Michael Edmonds
Tic -
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Liz Gilbert
Dancing Black Dress
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All Critics (25) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (11) | DVD (35)
All of the special effects in the world, and all of the great makeup, and all of the great Muppet creatures can't save a movie that has no clear idea of its own mission and no joy in its own accomplishment.
Top CriticThis well-done DVD presentation is not going to convince anyone that Legend is a lost classic, but the film is not without merit, and the discs display its best qualities to good effect.
Thatcher. Reagan. Flock of Seagulls. These weren't the only evil things from the 1980s. There were also Hollywood fantasy movies such as this one . . .
While this single-disc has the best features from the two-disc, considering the price point between the two, why wouldn't you just go ahead and go for the Ultimate [Edition]?
Ridley's misstep.
The cool costumes and set designs almost make it worthwhile, so long as the sound's turned down and you don't have to hear the witless dialogue
Audience Reviews for Legend
Super Reviewer
In many ways Legend has echoes of same visual palette that his fantastic Kingdom of Heaven has. Shots of magical forests with all the fairies, unicorns and goblins are truly the stuff of daydreams.
One of Scott's talents has always been his eye for details and his ability to create a style that look completely of his own. Legend might be one of his wildest and bravest works to date. With it's whimsical visual look and enchanting orchestral score by Jerry Goldsmith it truly is kinda magic.
At times the screenplay by William Hjortsberg is rushing things a bit too fast and there aren't enough room for actors to get into their characters, but overall this is underrated and a very beautiful film that captures something truly ethereal. This is also lightyears better than most of today's fantasy films. Actually many of today's fantasy films owes a lot for this one.
Filmgoers that like fantasy or has open mind will not be disappointed with Legend. This is not just well made entertainment, this is also a well made art.
Super Reviewer
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- Jack: You don't really plan on eating me, do you?
- Meg Mucklebones: Oh, indeed I do! Haha!
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- Darkness: What is light without dark? What are you without me? I am a part of you all. You can never defeat me. We are brothers eternal!
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- Darkness: Oh, Mother Night! Fold your dark arms about me. Protect me in your black embrace. I sit alone, an impotent exile, whilst this form, this presence, returns to torment me!
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- Blunder: She was so sweet I could eat her brains like jam.
- Pox: I could suck her bones!
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- Jack: As long as they roam the earth, evil can never harm the pure of heart.
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