Highlander review – dodgy accents no trouble to exciting, epic and unashamedly fun 80s blockbuster

Preposterous time-romp, starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery, is highly enjoyable if you’re prepared to meet it on its own terms The sheer barking madness of this fantasy time-travel adventure from co-writer Gregory Widen and director Russell Mulcahy, now on re-release for its 40th anniversary, can best be described as Terry Gilliam meets James Cameron. The chiselled features of its Franco-American star Christopher Lambert – a kind of VHS Marlon Brando – are a minor source of diversi...

By Peter Bradshaw