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Jack (Tom Cruise) is forced to rescue his dull but pretty
girlfriend, Mina, from the lord of darkness, hammed to perfection
by Tim Curry. He wants to break free from his dingy, and frankly
rather shabby subterranean lair, but to do this he needs to
kill a pair of unicorns. Cruise teams up with some Muppets,
sorry, miniature creatures from the underworld, and sets out
to save his girlfriend and defeat Curry's plan to take over
the world...
Legend
is a film that almost defies review. It is beautifully staged
and designed. Its direction by Ridley Scott is often masterful
and the soundtrack is faultless. It's just a shame about the
plot - or lack of it.
Time
passes slowly for the audience as nothing much happens for
the first hour, albeit in style. And then when the action
finally starts it's all over. The fairies and goblins forge
an army, the unicorns and Mina are saved and Curry is banished
forever. The end.
Fans
of Legend claim that the film was murdered by the studio
which had the film butchered and cut to just 90 minutes. But
if that is the case it's not hard to see why the studio stepped
in as Scott's vision is neither adult gothic or children's
fantasy. It's all a bit of a (stylish) mess - neither fish
nor fowl.
The
disc's 5.1 audio remix is first rate and the transfer is sharp
and clean but there's little else in the way of preparation
for DVD. The sole real extra, the cinema trailer, looks as
if it's been buffed up by a Brillo pad.
Anthony
Clark
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