Legend

Name: Legend
Released: 1986-4-18
Cast: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten

Legend

PG
1h 29m
1986

38%

age 10+

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Legend, from director Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Gladiator), is a visually stunning fantasy-adventure in which pure good and evil battle to the death amidst spectacular surroundings. Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story stars Tom Cruise as a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lily (Mia Sara) and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry), or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.

Director:

Ridley Scott

Producer:

Arnon Milchan

Writer:

William Hjortsberg

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Robert Picardo

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

38%

Critics Consensus: Not even Ridley Scott's gorgeously realized set pieces can save Legend from its own tawdry tale -- though it may be serviceable for those simply looking for fantasy eye candy.

Reviews

The Mary Sue

Jessica Mason

Legend is a disaster in a lot of ways, but it's an attractive one that's a lot more fun than many other serious movies.

March 25, 2020

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Roger Hurlburt

It's all flash and no flesh. But in the hands of a visual director like Scott, sometimes that's enough.

Legend is not without whimsical touches, but it surely could have used more humor and invention.

You are caught up in a morality play... the deepest significance of which the makers of this PG movie are apparently betting the adolescents of America will instinctively comprehend.

Best known as the movie that was filming at Pinewood when the James Bond stage burned down, this is probably one of the few films on director Ridley Scott's CV that he would prefer to forget.

May 31, 2019

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Common Sense Media

age 10+

Common Sense Says

Dark and often scary '80s fantasy hasn't aged well.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Legend is a dark fantasy full of menacing and sometimes violent imagery that may terrify younger children. Actors in scary makeup and costumes play goblins representing a devil-like Lord of Darkness, who seeks to eradicate good and bring back a permanent winter of evil throughout the world. A unicorn -- the symbol of goodness -- is violently killed. Humans and sprites are attacked; one is hit in the head with an arrow. Some are carted off to be eaten. Brain-eating is mentioned, and one villain wants to drink a unicorn's blood. Expect some wine drinking. The words "s--t," "dammit," and "hell" are used. The Lord of Darkness talks of his desire for Princess Lily.