HIGHLANDER is JOYFUL, SAD, and AWESOME ! * MOVIE REACTION

HIGHLANDER is JOYFUL, SAD, and AWESOME ! * MOVIE REACTION | First Time Watching ! (1986)

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@RuntotheMovies 6 ай бұрын

😺 After-watching Discussion: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9mPl82gltquiGg.html 😺 Full Reaction on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/highlander-full-92927931 😻 Want to request a specific reaction? Head to our Reactr page: www.reactr.tv/runtothemovies 😺 Join on KZfaq to get early access to reactions, bloopers, and more: kzfaq.info/love/387WuszCgkCJe3mlDf7xEAjoin Did you know that the Queen songs were written specifically for this movie?

@christopherferrarelli2262 6 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Queen was hesitant at first about writing music for the film; coming off of their attempt with Flash Gordon (1980). But when they were approached by the film's director, Russell Mulcahy, they had just come off of their success at Live Aid in 1985, and was eager to get back into recording new music. They originally wanted to record one song: "Princes of the Universe" at the beginning of the film. But Mulcahy pieced together a 20-minute rough cut of the film to show the group. After seeing that cut, they said they'll contribute five more tracks for the film. They are: "A Kind of Magic" "One Year of Love" "Gimme The Prize" "Don't Lose Your Head" "Who Wants to Live Forever" And they even recorded a cover-mix of Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" that's heard in the scene where Kurgan kidnaps Brenda and is driving through the streets of New York. During this time, they also wrote and recorded the song "One VIsion" for the film Iron Eagle (1986). The songs they wrote for Highlander and Iron Eagle appear on Queen's A Kind of Magic album; released in 1986. Their European tour included their epic performance at Wembley Stadium, and it was their final tour with Freddie Mercury. A year later he was diagnosed with AIDS, but continued to make more music up until his passing in 1991.

@jimmyj5035 6 ай бұрын

You have to Remember "There Can Be Only One " (Winner of the Prize) and That is the Ability to be a Mortal Human Being... All of these Immortals had to FIGHT for the Right to be among Humanity and Procreate... THIS is The PRIZE

@gabrielp9646 6 ай бұрын

Dumbest. People. Ive. EVER: Encountered. Online.

@mattphillips538 5 ай бұрын

Critique of Pure Reason was first published in 1781, but still... #Impressed

@KthulhuXxx 6 ай бұрын

How I realize I'm getting old - they got more excited for the voice of Mr. Krabbs than for Sean Connery.

@Raven5150 6 ай бұрын

Im not sure they know who sean Connery is they just know what he looks like I've seen Dr no so i can compair the rolled through time

@ZavaXavier 6 ай бұрын

Some these millennials and Gen Z parents kept them away from watching movies TV it's different for us Gen Xers our parents let us watching anything with or without them great times.

@strawdog7704 5 ай бұрын

i love the fact that these youngins know Clancy browns anima/cartoon vocal achievements but don't realize he's the 7 foot psycho in so many films.

@strawdog7704 5 ай бұрын

@@ZavaXavier that's 'cos we got blockbusters cards and we were the only ones who knew how to use the VHS (UK) machine.

@ZavaXavier 5 ай бұрын

@@strawdog7704 and the original cable box oh man late night films we sneaking up to watch on HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, STAR first then became The Movie Channel back in the mid to late 70s and early 80s.

@SeeliaVachon 6 ай бұрын

This movie introduced me to Queen. "Who Wants To Live Forever" is still in my top 3, of the most heartbreaking songs ever. 😭

@bigsarge8795 6 ай бұрын

Ugh. I can never listen to that song without crying like a baby

@QuayNemSorr 6 ай бұрын

Amazing song from the best band ever.

@garrettreed6166 6 ай бұрын

Same here. That song wrecked me all those years ago and still touches me whenever I hear it😢

@RajeshJustaguy 6 ай бұрын

that music and that scenery.. was just perfect

@grendeluhtredson6047 5 ай бұрын

Yes deeply moving!

@QuayNemSorr 6 ай бұрын

One of the best villains in cinema history, Swordplay, Sean Connery and Queen. Impossible not to love this movie!

@DavidLender 5 ай бұрын

It's crazy that Clancy Brown didn't even get paid for this role! Look it up. He's said it in a couple interviews.

@leoda_lion4107 6 ай бұрын

Highlander is a great movie. The immortals in the movie can sense the presence of other immortals. Which is why he could sense the Kurgan when Brenda was following him. And why he couldn't ever sneak up on Ramirez. They were just born with different abilities that can be honed over time. Which is why they absorb the powers of each other through the Quickening. I have always liked Clancy Brown in this role. His villain is so over the top.

@charliepotatoes001 6 ай бұрын

Clancy also paid for all his own expenses during filming because he wanted to act with Sean Connery so bad. After all the bills were settled he made zero money from the film but was so proud of sharing scenes with Sean.

@galadballcrusher8182 6 ай бұрын

@@charliepotatoes001plus at least he had a blast playing a so over rhe top baddie.

@jacobharris954 5 ай бұрын

In tv show, they created a sound effect when a immortal was arriving

@drlee2 Ай бұрын

Yeah, the writers really paid attention to detail on the immortals being able to sense each other. There was the church scene when we could see MacLeod looking very serious and scowling because he could sense Kurgan walking up behind him. Connor's facial expression spoke volumes that he could sense this evil presence approaching him.

@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 6 ай бұрын

The highlander wasn't looking through her things..he sensed where the gun was and the tape recorder.

@jean-paulaudette9246 6 ай бұрын

And, deleted scene, where she kept her pop-tarts.

@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 6 ай бұрын

@@jean-paulaudette9246 good point

@CorwinPatrick 6 ай бұрын

"Sensed", maybe. Smelled the oiled metal and gunpowder of a used gun, more likely. Definitely heard the sound of the motor in the tape recorder.

@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 6 ай бұрын

@CorwinPatrick "sensed" as in just knew what was there.

@natmanprime4295 6 ай бұрын

@@CorwinPatrick its called intuition from the experience of being alive for very long time

@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 6 ай бұрын

It was all over the news of the decapitations so the hotel guy knew about it..that's why he wished for the Kurgan to get his head chopped off.

@dezzconnor8360 6 ай бұрын

Not just the one decapitation, either, remember one of the cops said there was a case just like it over in Jersey. The media and police think it's a serial killer that the media is calling the Headhunter.

@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 6 ай бұрын

@@dezzconnor8360 💯

@waterbeauty85 6 ай бұрын

I think "Who Wants to Live Forever" is my favorite song, but in all honesty, it does get an extra boost from its emotional context in the movie.

@Cauin450 5 ай бұрын

You'll love this crazy bit because it's actually true. The battle at the beginning of the movie, the McLeods versus the Frasers was not stuntmen or extras. It was local Scotsmen who are hired for one day of shooting. All assembled there in the morning to do dry run of the battle. The director, Russell Mulcahy, loved it, moved a couple cameras to get better angles and then, dismissed everybody for lunch. Now, extra catering had been brought in for the dozens of Scotsman to have lunch onset. Only, nobody told the Scotsman. Instead they made their way into the local village pub and had lunch there. A very liquid lunch! When everybody assembled back after lunch to do the actual battle scene to film it. Nobody seemed to notice that the Scotsman were Pissed Drunk! The director said Action the Scotsman attacked each other and tried to kill each other...for real! They just went out of control. There were punch-ups, guys trying to kill each other with prop weapons. The guy who was hired to be the priest was in on it. Until he realised that it was going too far, he tried to drag unconscious guys off the field. The director could not believe what he was witnessing! It was best fake battle he'd ever seen in his life! He was sending cameramen out with handhelds to get great angles and close-ups. It was only when everything calmed down again that he realised that it wasn't fake. Surprisingly only a handful of people ended up in the hospital! The battle you see going on in the background behind Connor and the Kurgan, Angus and Dougal, was real! It was the craziest thing ever put to celluloid that people know about!

@dr.burtgummerfan439 6 ай бұрын

A Scotsman playing an Egyptian pretending to be Spanish, carrying a Japanese sword in an Italian rapier carrier.👍 Not to mention some of Michael PS Hayes's best work.

@VictorLugosi 6 ай бұрын

This comment is posted every time, and if you listen he says that he changes to each culture.. stop posting this crap..

@dr.burtgummerfan439 6 ай бұрын

@@VictorLugosi "I'm not Spanish! I'm Egyptian!" (SOMEBODY didn't listen)

@ZavaXavier 6 ай бұрын

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Michael PS Hayes and The Fabulous Freebirds are some of the wrestlers I grew up watching back in the late 70s in the 80s, 90s.

@dr.burtgummerfan439 6 ай бұрын

@@ZavaXavier They were certainly some characters. 👍

@jasonondik6003 6 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention the lead actor is French playing a Scottish Highlander. I love both of the actors in their roles but, yeah, there was some nonsense thinking during the casting.

@windandcloudshadow158 6 ай бұрын

Highlander the only film you get to see Mr.Krabs and Lord Raiden try and take each others head one for survival the other for ultimate power truly a classic.

@dnish6673 5 ай бұрын

Sgt Zim v Tarzan

@Melchiar81 5 ай бұрын

And Lord Raiden was trained by James Bond!

@christopherwright8673 6 ай бұрын

"I have to learn to expect the unexpected". No truer words have been spoken about watching Highlander for the first time.

@Cauin450 5 ай бұрын

Rachel isn't just his assistant, he adopted her as his daughter. Other than his cousin, Connor, she is the closest person in his life. She knows exactly who he is, how long he has been alive and where he's been. She still manages to worry about him incessantly. She is 48, he is 406. Some things never change.

@irishinnj72 6 ай бұрын

There is also a Highlander t.v. series that ran for six seasons, starring Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod. Christopher Lambert made a cameo as Connor for the pilot episode to pass the torch. It's an excellent series and it dives deeper into the lore of the Immortals.

@Paul_1971 6 ай бұрын

(Edit) Highlander Endgame also bookended/finished the TV series storyline....

@andrewcharles459 6 ай бұрын

And Highlander: The Raven, to work in a female immortal.

@G0Chiefs 6 ай бұрын

The entire series is here on KZfaq free to watch.

@irishinnj72 6 ай бұрын

@@Paul_1971 Actually it was Highlander: The Source that finished the franchise off. There was no coming back from that pile of garbage.

@Paul_1971 6 ай бұрын

@@irishinnj72 Agree - meant with Endgame that it finished/bookended the TV series. The Source is not just a bad Highlander film but one of the worst films I've ever seen!

@dunringill1747 6 ай бұрын

This iconic movie classic has just the right amount of cheesy campy feel to it. Also Clancy Brown's performance as The Kurgan makes him one of my favorite cinema villains.

@acereporter73 5 ай бұрын

Clancy really helped cement this movie--and to hear him say that the really didn't pay him for the role, it's frustrating. He deserves lots more cred (and money) for his work.

@jasonondik6003 6 ай бұрын

When I saw that you were watching Highlander, I got excited because this is a great cult classic, then I thought "I hope they watch the Extended Edition" (you did!) and then I laughed because I realized Toy was about to watch en entire movie about people getting their heads cut off!!! 😂😂😂 Queen did the ENTIRE soundtrack for this movie. You can buy it but the album is called It's A Kind Of Magic. Fantastic album. Every Queen fan should own it.

@FreddyKurganNimmo 5 ай бұрын

Queen did *not* "did the ENTIRE soundtrack". The original score was composed by Michael Kamen. The album is titled "A Kind Of Magic"(no "It's" in the title). But that album was NOT the soundtrack to the movie. While it did have songs from the film(which were different than the versions used in the film), it was also missing 2 songs used in the film(Hammer To Fall & A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling/New York, New York, which was later reworked into the album track Don't Lose Your Head), and included several songs which had absolutely NOTHING to do with the movie(One Vision, Pain Is So Close To Pleasure, and Friends Will Be Friends).

@jasonondik6003 5 ай бұрын

@FreddyKurganNimmo I over spoke when I used "Entire" but they were both so enamored by the music I got caught up in feeling. I know there were songs (like New York, New York) that are in the film but were not on It's A Kind Of Magic, originally but more than 90% of the songs in the movie are on this album. The tracks on that album that weren't a part of the movie were written for Highlander but not chosen/used in the film, which is how they came to be. I didn't include all the particulars you pointed out because it would have been extraneous to write 3 paragraphs about an album 2 women, who like Queen but, whobdidn't seem to know of the albums existence. I was mainly pointimg out: 'here is where you can hear the music from Highlander". Once they hear the album a few times you can teach a masterclass on it. Nit-picky nerd.

@XS_Sanz 4 ай бұрын

Yeah. Credit to Michael Kamen, who also composed the awesome piece for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. How come that guy isn't a star?

@leegutierrez1562 6 ай бұрын

Immortals, they do sense each other, they get like a tingle or a minor headache when another immortal is near. When they decapitate another immortal, they go through the quickening, they get their memories and experience, like fighting style, etc...

@chrisleebowers 6 ай бұрын

"So do they choreograph the whole thing?" Actually no - They have pre-choreographed bits and routines and they signal each other to indicate which one they use next, but the overall match is improvised so they can adjust the choreography to the audience reactions

@DavidLender 5 ай бұрын

Correct

@JoeCool7835 13 күн бұрын

The fights are extra impressive when you learn that Christopher Lambert was fighting blind since he couldn't wear his glasses while playing Connor.

@davemchard1530 6 ай бұрын

That was a fun one, Clancy Brown was Sgt Zim in Starship Troopers, the trainer that kept sending his trainees to the infirmary, "Medic".

@timmooney7528 5 ай бұрын

Brown's list of live action and voice acting credits is impressive.

@tcsam73 6 ай бұрын

The actor who played The Kurgan is Clancy Brown. He also voices Mr. Krabs on Spongebob Squarepants.

@bigsarge8795 6 ай бұрын

Also, the head guard in The Shawshank Redemption

@Ozai75 6 ай бұрын

@@bigsarge8795 And an amazing person apparently.

@QuayNemSorr 6 ай бұрын

And wasn't paid a dime for the part. The studio had spend all their budget but when he heard he would be working with Sean Connery he did it for free

@lornenordstrom2969 6 ай бұрын

@@bigsarge8795 And Lex Luthor from the Justice League/JLU cartoons

@ZavaXavier 6 ай бұрын

He was also Viking in 1983 Bad Boys.

@WhiteWolfDarkpaw 6 ай бұрын

So the whole thing with the duel in France was that by apologizing for his insulting comments to the gentleman's wife, honor had been restored. So the man's servant insisting on his lord shooting McLoud in the back was dishonorable.

@Bfdidc 5 ай бұрын

Indeed. And the master had built up such a bloodlust with McLeod that he had to kill someone to appease his own honor. T'was the times.

@arraymac227 6 ай бұрын

Hannah's historical knowledge: I Kant even...

@ericsinger2692 5 ай бұрын

😂

@shainewhite2781 6 ай бұрын

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! RIP, Sean Connery, 1930-2020. The original script was a lot darker, but before I get into that, the Idea came from Gregory Widen, who was a film student on vacation in Scotland, he was in a museum of sorts and saw a beautifully restored suit of armor and thought to himself: "What if the guy who wore this suit was alive right now? What if you owned all these ancient weapons and each had their story to tell?" The script was called Shadow Clan, then The Dark Knight, and finally Highlander. The script was a lot darker than the final cut of the movie: Connor Macleod was born in 1408 rather than 1518. Rather than being banished, he realizes he's immortal and leaves home. Heather doesn't exist in this version, but Macleod was engaged to the daughter of a blacksmith, who was a friend of the family. It takes Macleod 3 years rather than 3 months to become a better swordsman, trained by Ramirez. Ramirez was a real Spaniard rather than an Egyptian, born in 1290, and was murdered by his best friend after he slept with his fiancee. The Kurgan, going under the alias Carl William Smith, wasn't a brutal savage warrior, but a cold blooded killer, collecting human heads(skulls) as trophies of his kills. Connor Macleod goes under the name Richard Turpin and attends the funeral of one of his sons, while his other sons, all in their late 40's, early 50's, see him as an immortal. In this version, Immortals do have children, but they lack the supernatural abilities to heal and communicate telepathically. The climax takes place at the Statue Of Liberty, where Macleod defeats The Kurgan, but it's left ambiguous if he's still immortal or not, after he receives The Prize.

@irishinnj72 6 ай бұрын

If you like movies with magic, Knights, romance and sword fights. Then you should do a reaction video to 1985's "Ladyhawke" starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer and Matthew Broderick.

@newbuck319 5 ай бұрын

Dragonslayer, Time Bandits, Legend, Excalibur, Conan The Barbarian, Beastmaster.........

@toy4871 5 ай бұрын

I so want to see that!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

@M11969 5 ай бұрын

I agree, LadyHawk is a must watch.

@MrTech226 6 ай бұрын

Hannah & Toy Ramirez was played by legendary actor, Sean Connery. Connery was the 1st James Bond.

@MrTech226 6 ай бұрын

There was series call Highlander. Chris Lambert guest starred. Reboot of Highlander is scheduled to film this year with John Wick's director directing new reboot with Henry Cavill (Superman) as Connor Macleod.

@MrTech226 6 ай бұрын

Kurgan is played by Clancy Brown. Brown often plays criminals and law enforcement in TV and movies.

@bigsarge8795 6 ай бұрын

@@MrTech226exactly. He was the head guard in The Shawshank Redemption

@RandomStuff-he7lu 5 ай бұрын

Actually, Barry Nelsonwas the first James Bond.

@BordorFox 6 ай бұрын

The Prize for being the last immortal, to be mortal. There can only be one.

@sca88 6 ай бұрын

Doesn't get anymore 80's than Highlander.

@grendeluhtredson6047 5 ай бұрын

Three things... All Immortals can sense when another is nearby its often called "The Buzz" (They sense each others Quickening). Yes when an Immortal kills another they drain not only their power (Quickening) but often at least parts of their knowledge and memories. They don't fight on Holy ground for two reasons, first regardless of who wins Holy ground drains both of their quickening, and the results are disastrous. The last time two Immortals fought on holy ground was in A.D. 79 in a Roman temple atop of MT. Vesuvius.

@LordVolkov 6 ай бұрын

There can be only one! (and by that I mean don't watch the sequels 😅) Highlander is a strange goulash of actors and tone, held together with the glue of an epic Queen soundtrack. Princes of the Universe is hands down my favorite song from the soundtrack. It's an amazing opening track. For more of Christopher Lambert with a katana - The Hunted 1995

@MrQuaiven 6 ай бұрын

3 and 4 weren't too bad, though you pretty much have to be a fan of the TV series to enjoy 4. 2 was absolute trash. An abomination that completely destroyed the lore of the first movie.

@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 6 ай бұрын

@MrQuaiven 2 was better than 3 and 4..if you disregard the lore.

@MrQuaiven 6 ай бұрын

@@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN The lore was a big part of the attraction to me though. I liken it to the way the Force worked in the old movies versus the garbage midiclorian version of the Force. The original movie had a vaguely religious overtones while the sequel went all technobabble gibberish.

@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 6 ай бұрын

@@MrQuaiven I hear ya..but I loved the characters so much that I was just glad to see Sean back..the original is definitely on its own.

@donaldseale2700 6 ай бұрын

@@MrQuaiven I kind of enjoyed the overall story of 4, but it unfortunately suffered from some of the worst editing I've ever seen in my life.

@kingsnake23 5 ай бұрын

Highlander is a classic. Forget about the sequels. Queen was the right choice for composing

@toy4871 5 ай бұрын

Yesss!!!! When I heard Who Wants To Live Forever my heart melted.

@traceyreid4585 6 ай бұрын

After the scene with Heather, the song Who Wants to Live Forever, will forever resonate differently for you both. Such a simple yet impactful scene and Queens music just tips your emotions over the edge 😥 I always felt bad for poor Rachel

@nammis77 6 ай бұрын

It was a competition. There can be only one winner.

@andersoncav22 5 ай бұрын

When Ramirez says that immortals cannot have children is not because of other immortals threats but because they also are cursed with sterility.

@stevewynter4519 5 ай бұрын

A good reaction but lets understand one thing, The 1500's, 1700's and when the film was made in the mid 1980's are much different to now, Directed by Australian Russell Mulcahey he asked Queen to do one song and they virtually did the whole soundtrack also Clancy Brown AKA The Kurgan was paid a total sum of $0 for his role and to this day still is not being paid any royalties. A remake is on the cards but lets see

@dannyspelman1468 4 ай бұрын

You know, sometimes in the real world of humans you can fall in love with somebody even... EVEN if they had bad manners at your apartment.

@WolfHreda 6 ай бұрын

It's always worth mentioning that the fight choreographer/sword master of this movie is the one and only Bob Anderson, who did the same thing for everything from Errol Flynn movies to Star Wars, to The Princess Bride.

@HEAVYMETALmovie1981 5 ай бұрын

Christopher Lambert did such a great job playing Connor MacLeod and Clancy Brown played a great villain and Sean Connery did well to as Juan Ramirez. The soundtrack was top notch thanks to the rock band *Queen*. There is another movies after this one, ladies!

@markc.7984 5 ай бұрын

As cheesy as it is, the cool thing about Highlander is it just created its own mythology, unique to it: there is a species of immortals, they are drawn to each other to fight, and each one who wins a fight collects all the energy from his opponent, and every opponent that one had killed; until finally there is one last one. And his prize, is getting to be mortal and dying of old age.

@StephenSinclair-d6n 5 ай бұрын

There were untold numbers of Clan battles. Especially after the Mcdonald Lord ship of the Isles broke up. In the last great tribal western European society....all hell broke loose.

@Maugrim76 6 ай бұрын

"Who wants to live forever" is such great storytelling to the movie, between Connor and Heather.

@kissmy_butt1302 6 ай бұрын

Queen also did the soundtrack for Flash Gordon. FUN CAMP!!!! So cheesy that a large pizza with extra cheese says it is cheesy.

@JG-fv9bv 6 ай бұрын

"you should stay in the future" !!!!! amazing how many people look but don't see and hear but don't listen .

@glennbotes8937 6 ай бұрын

According to Will Ferrell's 'Ricky Bobby', this brilliant movie also won a best picture Oscar in the mid eighties.

@bigsarge8795 6 ай бұрын

Won the Oscar for Best Movie Ever Made

@andrewcharles459 6 ай бұрын

@@bigsarge8795 And he ain't wrong. Shake and Bake!

@SPARTAN22294 5 ай бұрын

The Highlander movie was supposed to be a one-off film. But they made a total of five movies, one animated series, two tv series, and one animated movie. And now I heard they are making a trilogy remake of the first movie starring Henry Cavill as Connor MacLeod, and it's being directed by Chad Stahelski, the same man that directed the four movies of John Wick series.

@evanflynn4680 5 ай бұрын

"The strings!" This is the digital HD version of the movie. They didn't have that in the 80s. You couldn't really see the wires in the original SD version.

@mustang4life 5 ай бұрын

When the studio approached Sean Connery, he was not interested in in the lead role, but he did find the role of Ramirez to his liking. Not certain who reached out to Queen and inquired if they would be interested in contributing [ALL THE TRACKS] to the soundtrack, but that person should be a legend. 🍻👏🏻🍻

@mikebrown7799 6 ай бұрын

Hi Hannah & Toy!😊 This film has a large cult following since it was released on video. While the film actually lost money in the theaters, it spawned several sequels, a live action series, and an animated series.🤯 All the Queen songs here are great!🏆 The gift was he became mortal, and read every bodies mind. Great reactions to this fun 80s film that deals mostly with practical effects, Ladies!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏

@andrewcharles459 6 ай бұрын

Did it lose money in the theatres? I'm amazed. I saw it when it was released and everyone I knew did too.

@mikebrown7799 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, the budget was $19 million, and the box office was only $12.8 million. From what I remember Fox did not do a great job advertising the film for Thorn EMI. @@andrewcharles459

@thedragon133 6 ай бұрын

Favorite song for me is actually tied between Princes of the Universe and Gimme the prize. They're both very iconic.

@SPQRTejano 5 ай бұрын

While this movie bombed in the box office, it was very popular with us teens back in 1986. It is one of my favorite movies, in fact I named my daughter Heather.

@toy4871 5 ай бұрын

Aww I love that 😊😊❤❤

@jimglenn6972 6 ай бұрын

Clancy Jones was fantastic in this. I heard that he wasn’t paid for this but still wanted to do it. Ramirez was played by Sean Connery, the original James Bond. You should go to Scotland! Edinburgh is a good setting off point. You should see the crannogs, They are ancient dwellings on Scottish lake and see the whiskey distilleries!

@javix2013 6 ай бұрын

The Queen soundtrack is great, songs from the album A Kind of Magic (1986). The orchestral score is by Michael Kamen.

@Doctor_Kissworthy 5 ай бұрын

I live in the Scottish Highlands, so I have access to these places any time I want! I also have the McLeod Broadsword and the Ramirez Katana on my walls... I know the 1984 movie was a bit cheesy but it's a cult classic and can never be duplicated...

@RuntotheMovies 5 ай бұрын

That is seriously cool!

@tartanladdie37 4 ай бұрын

I also live only an hours drive away from where the movie was filmed on the west coast of Scotland, i also have the swords from this movie and have done my own photography shots with them at the locations including the castle Eilean Donan .... Love this movie, and loved both reactions to this movie ....@@RuntotheMovies

@Cobinja 5 ай бұрын

21:13 "Cut it off. Just don't slowly do it to where I see this" - Me, knowing what the last decapitation looks like: Uh oh, the last one is gonna be fun 😅

@RuntotheMovies 5 ай бұрын

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@BouillaBased 6 ай бұрын

Do not…I repeat DO NOT watch the sequels. They are unnecessary and simply bad. There should’ve been only one.

@RuntotheMovies 6 ай бұрын

Producer's note: I agree. There should've been only one.

@Mortismors 6 ай бұрын

@@RuntotheMovies yeah I'd recommend the tv show over the sequels any day.

@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 6 ай бұрын

@@RuntotheMoviesI believe you should watch the renegade version of the 2nd highlander movie and judge for yourselves..imo.

@Smileybeeblevrox 6 ай бұрын

The TV show is great! Flushes out the mythology

@SeeliaVachon 6 ай бұрын

Don't watch it! 😂 Just wait for the remake!

@bikerkermit 2 ай бұрын

Thankyou for reacting to this movie. My grandparents (who are no longer with us) watched them filming the battle between the MacLoeds and the Frasers way back in 1985 and watching this movie reminds me of them.

@RuntotheMovies 2 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@gordonwittmann9823 6 ай бұрын

You can find most of the songs with lyrics from this movie on the Queen album "A Kind of Magic". It's not everything, but it has most of the really good stuff :)

@Raven5150 6 ай бұрын

They can go forward in time but at the same speed as everyone

@geiroveeilertsen7112 5 ай бұрын

A french actor playing a scottish clansman in an american movie, alongside a scottish actor playing a spanish nobleman who is really an egyptian... Gotta love the '80s logic 😄 (It's one of my favorite movies btw 😇)

@damianstarks3338 5 ай бұрын

Highlander is such an 80s classic happy to see you ladies reacting to this 80s 💎of a movie. The 80s are forever

@RuntotheMovies 5 ай бұрын

The decade with the greatest music. ♥️

@damianstarks3338 5 ай бұрын

@@RuntotheMovies Facts

@ldycemnn 6 ай бұрын

Fun fact... the nazi scene was cut out in the original version. They added the scene, so you understand she was like a daughter to Connor

@philipsmith8644 5 ай бұрын

All I know is, according to Ricky Bobby, this movie won the Oscar for best movie of all time.

@danielsmith5088 5 ай бұрын

Princes of the Universe is one of my favorite Queen songs. It's epic, rockin', and badass in equal measure.

@artursandwich1974 6 ай бұрын

Seeing you ponder all those questions makes me realize how much we were robbed of in Poland because of the translation. And it's not a bad translation but the Polish title was "The Immortal". So much of guess work taken away...

@davidcosta2244 5 ай бұрын

That's the best translation of Highlander? I would've thought that since someone that's from the Scottish Highlands is a highlander, then it would be somewhat of a universal thing.

@artursandwich1974 5 ай бұрын

@@davidcosta2244 when I say "not a bad translation" : 1. I don't mean the best possible; 2. I'm talking about the inside - narration and dialogs (see above ".... but the Polish title..."). And while we do have a word for people living at higher altitudes, it's connotation is rather closer to Appalachian redneck than Scottish jovial fighter. I'd say the translator and/or the distributor would've been justified in thinking such title wouldn't be enticing enough. So they took to the next best thing, forgetting about the late reveal in the movie. That's nothing compared to the pickle translator got himself into with "Diehard" ("Glass Trap"). Now go and save the wit from the title in sequels with this one... And yet - if it had been a stand alone film with no sequels, no one would be giving them a hard time about it. Sorry, got carried away - translation is my hobby horse.

@bidwell13 6 ай бұрын

26:38 they gain the knowledge of the person they decapitated so when the Kurgan (Clancy Brown) killed Ramirez (Sean Connery) he gained the knowledge of Ramirez and all the immortals he killed. The final one will have the knowledge of all the immortals which is why it’s dangerous for an evil one to win it all.

@grendeluhtredson6047 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the like. I thought I'd add something for those who didn't know. The term "Quickening" comes from old English slang. The "Quick" were the living; thus the "Quickening" is life. The phrase.. ..."The Quick, and the Dead"... Has always had a double meaning!

@RuntotheMovies 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this tidbit! One of the fun things about doing this is all the stuff we learn from folks in the comments.

@BigBWolf90 5 ай бұрын

Favorite song? All of them cuz Queen is that damn awesome & they did the *whole soundtrack!* But Princes of the Universe never fails to get me pumped

@paulbriggs5238 6 ай бұрын

There can be only one. Lived this film when I was younger, along with the soundtrack 🙂🇬🇧

@mikefoster6018 6 ай бұрын

I was playing dungeons and dragons type dice stuff almost 6 days a week in the mid/late 80s. One our players - James Mason - loved all these Highlander movie and resulting Queen music references. He was a good dude. So this movie still feels, a bit, like part of the mighty heart that pumped in my crazy childhood of fantasy adventuring with friends. The dream still lives - sometimes the tabletop games still happen.

@hisdudeness8328 6 ай бұрын

12:26 Practicing 7-8 hours a day for 2-3 weeks. The sword spin was Clancy Brown’s idea. He wanted to show off that Kurgen wasn’t just a brute that swung a big sword. He’s a several thousand year old immortal with sword skills that a regular human being couldn’t even fathom. Fun fact: there was supposed to be a scene where Kurgen faces off against a Turkish immortal that wielded duel scimitars. But instead of running or fighting Kurgen, he tells Kurgen that he’s lived for over a thousand years and is tired of life and wants to die, but he couldn’t kill himself. So he begs Kurgen to end it for him. Kurgen tells him, out of respect for his bravery, he’ll grant him a quick and merciful death, which he does. There’s only still photos, supposedly nothing was ever recorded. It’s speculated that the reason this scene was never made was because it humanized Kurgen too much.

@ParkerPG 6 ай бұрын

You went into the Movie blind not knowing whats it about. I wish i could do that again. My Dad showed me the movie back in the 90s when i was 10 or something, its one of my all time favorites and i like that they didnt made a remake so far.

@Alexandertg1955 6 ай бұрын

The funny thing is that Sean Connery (Ramirez) is actually Scottish. While Christopher Lambert, (The Highlander) is French. 🙂

@pleutron 6 ай бұрын

Love this movie. The entire Queen album "It's A Kind Of Magic", all songs in this movie, is my favorite Queen full album.

@wolfie35p 5 ай бұрын

I love Highlander, I first seen this in the early 90's, and have only seen it a handful of times in 30 years, the music is amazing in it too. Now about the movie, Conner McCleod, after killing an enemy, gains their power, and he becomes immortal, the only way to kill an immortal is by beheading them. And again, the person who beheads the other, gains their powers. Another great movie for you girls to check out, is Knight Moves, where Christopher Lambert, is a grand master Chess Champion, and has to stop a serial killer.

@oscarsoto8983 Ай бұрын

I have always been struck by how good an actor Clancy Brown is playing villain roles, when, as I understand it, they say that in real life he is a great person. My two favorite characters played by him have been Kurgan and the charismatic Sergeant Charlie Zim, from the movie Starship Troopers.

@Cobinja 5 ай бұрын

A scotsman living in spain playing an egyptian pretending to be a spaniard visiting scotland 😵

@antonnovo695 6 ай бұрын

11:00 "So..No head?!" Can be the name of this movie ))🤣🤣 Also, Critique of Pure Reason was first published in 1781. Spot on 👏

@williambeckett6336 5 ай бұрын

Fun fact: The sparks in the sword scenes when they clash or hit something are real. The swords were hooked up to one pole of a car battery and the object they hit (made of steel) was hooked to the other.

@mjkjelland13 6 ай бұрын

Awesome movie, awesome soundtrack, Favorite song One Year of Love and Gimme the Prize. QUEEN Rules

@toy4871 5 ай бұрын

Love Queen ❤❤❤

@kingbrutusxxvi 6 ай бұрын

Hannah (watching Sean Connery): "Their bond is precious." Me: "Bond? James Bond?" 😉

@julianmarco4185 6 ай бұрын

That was a sharp. Deep cut. They should really see those first movies.

@kindredseraph 5 ай бұрын

Fun reaction video. Although I was just surprised that you didn't figure out or mention that the main bad guy, Kurgan, was actually Clancy Brown, who played the voice of Mr. Crabs in SpongeBob. 😂

@Echo4Bravo 6 ай бұрын

Flash Gordon 1980. Soundtrack by Queen. It's charming it's cringe. It's perfect.👌

@kylereese968 6 ай бұрын

Awesome choice Highlander is such a classic, finally you'll get to experience it for the first time. I've probably watched it a dozen times 😊

@vincentvoillot6365 6 ай бұрын

Best song in the movie ? All the songs in the movie ! Most of them in the album "A kind of magic" from Queen. But if i have to choose, "Who want to live forever" alway get me. That's the soundtrack of my childhood.

@arraymac227 6 ай бұрын

'...so no head?' Deadpool says: that was a good one.

@VictorD80 5 ай бұрын

Love this movie. Best tradition scene from underground garage to old Scotland.

@epicmage82 6 ай бұрын

Clancy Brown is in a TON of things. I've got a signed headshot of him in his armor from this movie. I always loved this movie. The tv show was good too. That was the first boxset I ever bought.

@RuntotheMovies 5 ай бұрын

That's really cool!

@thedukeofnuts 6 ай бұрын

Toy, if you love Queen you should check out the 80s movie Flash Gordon!

@bigsarge8795 6 ай бұрын

FLASH !!! ... AHHH AHHH !!!

@toy4871 5 ай бұрын

Yes! Never got around to seeing it but it's an absolute must! 😊❤ thank you ❤😊

@toy4871 5 ай бұрын

@@bigsarge8795lol I said the same thing in my head when I first read @thedukeofnuts comment 😂😂😂❤

@quixote6942 6 ай бұрын

CLANCY BROWN always plays a great bad guy. To see him "All Cleaned Up", he was the Head Guard in "The Shawshank Redemption" and recently was in "John Wick 4".

@Leightr 5 ай бұрын

Queen did all the music for this, even the songs you hear playing in the background on a car radio. Also, you're not wrong, the love scene with Brenda kinda gets shoehorned in. Having a dude make you stab him in the gut should not be a turn-on.

@tobiasmuller270 5 ай бұрын

Highlander was a Mega Movie in the 80s

@terryfloyd3505 6 ай бұрын

Most people just think this movie is about some guy cutting off heads.But its not really about that. Its about a man cursed with immortality that wants nothing more than to grow old with the one he loves,have children and die in peace.At least thats true for Connor anyway.This movie is more tragedy that adventure. The gift is that u get what every one else gets,the ability to live and die in peace.:)

@waterbeauty85 6 ай бұрын

I saw this in Portland, OR in 1986 when it first hit theaters, and almost four decades later, whenever I see nuns, I still think of the Kurgan's "Nuns. No sense of humor" scene.

@burnikshrapnel 6 ай бұрын

Clancy Brown is awesome. His voice and expressions are spot on. Mr Krabs and Lex Luthor for the win 🤣

@grendeluhtredson6047 5 ай бұрын

At the 48:52 mark when the pathetic guy running the dive hotel states that he hopes that "Kruger/Kurgan" gets his head chopped off it wasn't a coincidence. No, he doesn't know that he is an Immortal its just that a lot of decapitations are happening in N.Y. and its all over the news.

@MovieDan1011 4 ай бұрын

Awesome reaction guys "There can be only one"Such a classic and cult fantasy movie i knew guys would love this one! Queen my favourite band ever did the entire soundtrack i think my favourite song in this has to be Who wants to live forever it fits perfectly but Its a kind of magics lyrics reference this movie too Connor even says "Hey its a kind of magic"

@thejamppa 6 ай бұрын

I love this film. It gives me vibes of longest Queen music video.

@markduncan7638 5 ай бұрын

My uncle was an extra at the clan battle, can actually see him in the scene where the Kurgan is on his horse speaking to the clan chief before the battle. When running towards the other clan someone ran into him with a shield up and broke his nose.

@bigdream_dreambig 6 ай бұрын

One of my favorite things about this film were the T.V. shows that spun out of it: Highlander the Series (1992-98) and The Raven (1998-99).

@FeaturingRob 6 ай бұрын

Christopher (or more accurately Christophe) Lambert (Connor Macleod) was a French model and actor who barely spoke English when he made his first films, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, and Highlander. The line about his accent addressed this. He was almost legally blind when he made the film, and now I believe he is legally blind. Besides Macleod, he's best known as Raiden in the Mortal Kombat film in the 1990s, but then voiced Raiden again in the game Mortal Kombat 11. Clancy Brown (The Kurgan) had made only one other film before this, The Bride starring Sting, and he played Frankensteins's monster. He was paid next to nothing for this film, receives no royalties, and he damn near killed Connery during their fight. The funny thing is, he's one of the most beloved characters of the whole franchise. Yep, he's Mr. Krabs, and Lex Luthor, Sgt. Zim in Starship Troopers, Captain Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption, and Savage Opress in Star Wars The Clone Wars. He's amazing! Do NOT, I repeat DO NOT bother with any of the sequels...they get sillier and weirder and make less and less sense, with one exception, kinda...there was a Highlander TV series in the 90s starring Adrian Paul as Duncan Macleod, Connor's cousin, and the film Highlander: Endgame kinda ties up Connor's full story...but the concept of the prize works only if you never see another Highlander film, or only watch the TV series...otherwise...it's an annoyance. Now the Good News is Henry Cavill is teaming with John Wick director Chad Stahelski to reboot Highlander...but, this is also the bad news, too. I love this film, and Cavill would make an amazing Connor, I am just leery of a reboot. It has been green-lit, and is in pre-production. Okay, Connor's ladies... - Kate (1500s) played by Celia Imrie, who mainly does costume dramas and odd comedies or dramas involving older women. However, she had a small role in Star Wars Episode I as a Naboo fighter pilot. She is the most successful of the three, as she has appeared in roles in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films, Nanny McPhee, Calendar Girls, and Bridget Jones's Diary. - Heather (or Blossom, 1500s) played by Beatie Edney is probably best known for the Oscar-nominated Daniel Day-Lewis drama In the Name of the Father besides Highlander. - Brenda (1980s) played by Roxanne Hart has done movies and TV and is in so many things...it's useless to go further.

@natmanprime4295 6 ай бұрын

legally blind??? you mean short sighted??

@chrisendsley5724 5 ай бұрын

I've got something to say "it's better to burn out than fade away". The Kurgen or Def Leppard. The Fabulous Freebirds. Wrestlers form the 80's only 1 is still alive. Micheal Hayes.