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This strange, 1985 experiment by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) starred the up-and-coming Tom Cruise in a fairy-tale world of dwarfs and unicorns and demons. After the horn of a unicorn is broken, darkness and winter descend upon the world. Cruise's character, helped along by a magic sprite played by David Bennent (The Tin Drum), descends into hell to save paradise. This movie is almost a classic case of art direction gone amok. The somewhat amorphous Cruise doesn't lend much dramatic focus or artistic definition, but the drama between Tim Curry's satanic majesty and Mia Sara's character, who becomes a sort of princess of the netherworld, is pretty captivating. A mixed experience all around that makes one wish it had been more successful. --Tom Keogh
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The Blu-ray of Legend gets off to a very, very good start. Right from the off, you’re offered a choice of one of two different cuts of the movie. There’s the theatrical version, which many grew up with. But also, there’s Ridley Scott’s longer, richer director’s cut. Both, thankfully, are included on the disc. It’s the key extra feature that’s been included on the Blu-ray, and an important one.
Elsewhere? Well, ordinarily, the first part of a high definition upgrade that would stand out would be the picture quality of a film. In the case of Legend though, it’s the glorious score that plays over the menus. It sounds crisp and really quite wonderful, and remains so right through the feature itself.
Thankfully, the picture upgrade, too, is worth the investment. Considering how dark large parts of Legend are, it’s a challenging film to successfully transfer to disc. But it’s fine work that’s been done here. It really gets across just how young a certain Tom Cruise used to look, too, with the crispness of the 1080p transfer.
As with many fantasy films of the 1980s, the emphasis on practical effects is striking, and welcome. They hold up a lot better than you might be expecting in more exposed high definition. But then, so does the film itself. It’s a magical piece of work, in a genre that neither Tom Cruise nor Ridley Scott has spent much time in across their careers. And fortunately, the Blu-ray proves to be a worthwhile upgrade. --Jon Foster
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Very disappointing release of Legend on blu-ray for the UK. I have since returned it and bought the US blu-ray version (region free). The differences are just to big to opt for the UK version. First of all the UK gets the European Cut and Director's Cut, these both carry the Jerry Goldsmith music score. I personally prefer the US Theatrical Cut with the Tangerine Dream score, so on that score (no pun intended) the US disc for me. The second point is the UK gets the Director's Cut in lossly DD5.1, whereas the US disc gets DTS-MA5.1 for both cuts....another win for the US disc. And finally, the UK gets a bonus feature of....a trailer. The US gets all the documentries, audio commentary and the rest of the bits and bobs from the Ultimate Edition DVD release....again another win for the US disc. So basically the one thing the UK disc has over the US disc is the European Theatrical Cut (running approx 4 mins longer than the US Theatrical Cut), however I would personally opt for the US Theatrical Cut as the complete change of music score from Jerry Goldsmith to Tangerine Dream makes a huge difference.
It's a shame the UK gets inferior releases sometimes (a la Legend, Scream 4, etc).
D.
It's a shame the UK gets inferior releases sometimes (a la Legend, Scream 4, etc).
D.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
The UK Blu-ray features the European Theatrical cut of the film, running 93 minutes approximately and not 89 minutes as stated on the back cover. And also the director's cut running roughly 20 minutes longer, listed as a special feature.
The European cut has 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio. The Director's Cut has 5.1 Dolby Digital. Both sound great, although I think the Director's cut sounds better. Maybe the sound was remixed for the US Dvd or Blu-ray, but it sounds better to me.
Picture quality on the European cut is good, but not as good as the Theatrical cut from the US Blu-ray release. The Director's cut has a disclaimer about the source print and it's inferior quality, but it looks great anyway.
The only extra is the Theatrical trailer.
The Disc is Region ABC.
The European cut has 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio. The Director's Cut has 5.1 Dolby Digital. Both sound great, although I think the Director's cut sounds better. Maybe the sound was remixed for the US Dvd or Blu-ray, but it sounds better to me.
Picture quality on the European cut is good, but not as good as the Theatrical cut from the US Blu-ray release. The Director's cut has a disclaimer about the source print and it's inferior quality, but it looks great anyway.
The only extra is the Theatrical trailer.
The Disc is Region ABC.
43 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
May I suggest that 'surround sound' is turned off???
As all the other reviewers seem to be concentrating on the presentation and not the content of the film, here's my twopence worth.
As all the other reviewers seem to be concentrating on the presentation and not the content of the film, here's my twopence worth.
Definitely not a kid's film, this is a dark, sensual adult film of the age-old theme of the devil wanting darkness to take over the world - requiring the services of a virgin and a unicorn. The visual effects and photography are just brilliant, given the era this was made in - you can see Ridley Scott's influence and imagery in the latest Lord of the Rings films.
The acting is superb;
young Tom Cruise (as Jack) brings off the young lad charged with the task of rescuing the Princess and destroying Darkness with a grace and style that belong to a veteran;
Tim Curry is in his best-ever role here, (even better than Frankenfurter!); the stifled undercurrent of rage is barely held in check as he woos the slightly-willing princess; one is almost convinced by him as he declares his philosophy and aims - "No Good without Evil; no Love without Hate; no Innocence without Lust..." in that rich chocolatey voice; and his laughter and dismissive tone as 'the BOYY!' Jack confronts him sends shivers down one's spine;
and Mia Sara (whatever happened to her?) is both innocence and seduction, and believable in both roles, but her forceful rejection of the Lord of Darkness is as powerful a piece of acting as you will ever get.
Altogether a classic of film-making - seeing it again after several years makes one realise what a masterpiece this is!
Unreservedly recommended. *****
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